Work & commute · Baxley

Work & commute in Baxley, GA

About one in 3 of Baxley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Alma (3%), Savannah (3%) and Vidalia (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

507 of 1,772 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,265 Baxley residents head out of town to work, 507 work right here, and 3,411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baxley.

1,265live here, work elsewhere

507live and work here

3,411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baxley goes to work

Baxley (in town)right here

29%507

Alma16.9 mi away

3%57

Savannah69.9 mi away

3%48

Vidalia31.1 mi away

3%47

Waycross38.3 mi away

2%41

Jesup29.1 mi away

2%41

Statesboro57.4 mi away

2%31

Hazlehurst16.2 mi away

2%29

Douglas34.7 mi away

1%25

Atlanta183.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%929

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

How far

How far Baxley commutes

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

39%

11%

17%

33%

39%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baxley is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Baxley are

3,918 jobs are based in Baxley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baxley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baxley

3,918 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Baxley residents hold

1,772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+3%

Jobs based in Baxley, 2013 → 2023: 3,819 → 3,918. 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.