Work & commute · Alston

Work & commute in Alston, GA

Most working residents leave Alston for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (36%), Uvalda (5%) and Mount Vernon (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 59 Alston residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alston.

59live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alston goes to work

Vidalia9.7 mi away

36%21

Uvalda3.8 mi away

5%3

Mount Vernon9.6 mi away

3%2

Reidsville20.8 mi away

3%2

Vernon, CA2063.2 mi away

2%1

Alamo18 mi away

2%1

Stillmore29 mi away

2%1

Abbeville48.9 mi away

2%1

Irwinton64.3 mi away

2%1

Hazlehurst16.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%25

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

How far

How far Alston commutes

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

31%

39%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alston is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alston are

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

Jobs based in Alston

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Alston residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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.