Work & commute · Arlington

Work & commute in Arlington, GA

Most working residents leave Arlington for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (11%), Blakely (6%) and Edison (6%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 401 Arlington residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington.

401live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington goes to work

Albany34 mi away

11%46

Blakely12.3 mi away

6%26

Edison8.5 mi away

6%25

Colquitt18.3 mi away

5%22

Arlington (in town)right here

5%21

Camilla33.7 mi away

3%13

Tallahassee, FL73.6 mi away

2%10

Dothan, AL42.4 mi away

2%8

Bainbridge37.9 mi away

2%8

Valdosta94.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%235

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

How far

How far Arlington commutes

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

15%

21%

29%

35%

15%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington are

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

Jobs based in Arlington

341 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Arlington residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month34%

+8%

Jobs based in Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 341. 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.