Work & commute · Americus

Work & commute in Americus, GA

About one in 4 of Americus’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Albany (6%), Columbus (3%) and Vienna (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

1,447 of 5,323 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,876 Americus residents head out of town to work, 1,447 work right here, and 4,318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Americus.

3,876live here, work elsewhere

1,447live and work here

4,318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Americus goes to work

Americus (in town)right here

27%1,447

Albany34.4 mi away

6%319

Columbus48.6 mi away

3%183

Vienna25.5 mi away

3%139

Macon-Bibb County59.4 mi away

3%134

Ellaville12.4 mi away

2%120

Atlanta117.3 mi away

2%89

Cordele27.7 mi away

2%83

Warner Robins49.1 mi away

1%75

Fort Valley38.5 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,673

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

How far

How far Americus commutes

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

41%

20%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Americus is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Americus are

5,765 jobs are based in Americus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Americus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Americus

5,765 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Americus residents hold

5,323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−17%

Jobs based in Americus, 2013 → 2023: 6,945 → 5,765. 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.