Work & commute · Adel

Work & commute in Adel, GA

About one in 5 of Adel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Valdosta (13%), Tifton (6%) and Moultrie (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

416 of 1,975 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,559 Adel residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 2,184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adel.

1,559live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

2,184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adel goes to work

Adel (in town)right here

21%416

Valdosta20.9 mi away

13%260

Tifton24 mi away

6%114

Moultrie21.9 mi away

4%79

Nashville12 mi away

4%77

Atlanta191.3 mi away

2%33

Albany54.3 mi away

2%30

Hahira9.6 mi away

1%29

Douglas42.8 mi away

1%20

Macon-Bibb County117.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%898

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adel commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

36%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adel is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Adel are

2,600 jobs are based in Adel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adel

2,600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Adel residents hold

1,975 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−2%

Jobs based in Adel, 2013 → 2023: 2,660 → 2,600. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.