Work & commute · Ailey

Work & commute in Ailey, GA

Most working residents leave Ailey for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (28%), Lyons (9%) and Mount Vernon (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 163 Ailey residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ailey.

163live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ailey goes to work

Vidalia10.3 mi away

28%48

Lyons14.9 mi away

9%15

Ailey (in town)right here

6%11

Mount Vernon1.2 mi away

6%11

Dublin31.6 mi away

4%7

Douglas49.9 mi away

3%5

Atlanta152.6 mi away

3%5

Higgston6.8 mi away

2%3

Savannah81.8 mi away

2%3

Waycross68.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%64

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

How far

How far Ailey commutes

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

28%

32%

28%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ailey is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ailey are

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

Jobs based in Ailey

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ailey residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1%

Jobs based in Ailey, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 324. 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.