Work & commute · Alamo

Work & commute in Alamo, GA

Most working residents leave Alamo for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are McRae-Helena (10%), Vidalia (8%) and Dublin (3%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 147 Alamo residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamo.

147live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamo goes to work

McRae-Helena9 mi away

10%16

Alamo (in town)right here

9%14

Vidalia22.5 mi away

8%13

Dublin28.2 mi away

3%5

Sandy Springs153.8 mi away

2%4

Macon-Bibb County70.2 mi away

2%4

Lumber City15.9 mi away

2%3

Hazlehurst22.3 mi away

1%2

Eastman23.1 mi away

1%2

Cordele59.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%96

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

How far

How far Alamo commutes

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

25%

20%

11%

44%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamo is a job hub

4.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamo are

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

Jobs based in Alamo

709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Alamo residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−8%

Jobs based in Alamo, 2013 → 2023: 774 → 709. 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.