Work & commute · Arabi

Work & commute in Arabi, GA

Most working residents leave Arabi for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cordele (26%), Albany (6%) and Columbus (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 167 Arabi residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arabi.

167live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arabi goes to work

Cordele9.9 mi away

26%44

Albany31.6 mi away

6%10

Columbus82.7 mi away

5%9

Macon-Bibb County68.4 mi away

3%6

Arabi (in town)right here

3%5

Sandy Springs150.7 mi away

2%4

Warner Robins53.9 mi away

2%3

Richland58.3 mi away

1%2

Unadilla30.3 mi away

1%2

Byron57.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%85

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

How far

How far Arabi commutes

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

27%

17%

16%

40%

27%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arabi is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arabi are

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

Jobs based in Arabi

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Arabi residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+74%

Jobs based in Arabi, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 82. 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.