Work & commute · Barnesville

Work & commute in Barnesville, GA

Most working residents leave Barnesville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Griffin (6%), Atlanta (4%) and Macon-Bibb County (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

293 of 2,602 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,309 Barnesville residents head out of town to work, 293 work right here, and 1,720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnesville.

2,309live here, work elsewhere

293live and work here

1,720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnesville goes to work

Barnesville (in town)right here

11%293

Griffin15.2 mi away

6%157

Atlanta51.8 mi away

4%116

Macon-Bibb County31.2 mi away

4%101

Aldora1.6 mi away

3%83

Thomaston14.9 mi away

2%62

Jackson19.9 mi away

2%45

Peachtree City34 mi away

1%38

Forsyth12.5 mi away

1%35

McDonough27 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,642

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

How far

How far Barnesville commutes

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

20%

27%

28%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnesville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnesville are

2,013 jobs are based in Barnesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barnesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barnesville

2,013 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Barnesville residents hold

2,602 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−4%

Jobs based in Barnesville, 2013 → 2023: 2,102 → 2,013. 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.