Work & commute · Bemiss

Work & commute in Bemiss, GA

Most working residents leave Bemiss for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Valdosta (50%), Atlanta (2%) and Nashville (1%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 2,843 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 2,819 Bemiss residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bemiss.

2,819live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bemiss goes to work

Valdosta6.6 mi away

50%1,418

Atlanta207.7 mi away

2%48

Nashville18.9 mi away

1%37

Tifton40.6 mi away

1%33

Thomasville45.3 mi away

1%33

Moultrie37.7 mi away

1%31

Albany71.9 mi away

1%26

Columbus146 mi away

1%24

Bemiss (in town)right here

1%24

Adel17.9 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,147

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

How far

How far Bemiss commutes

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

60%

24%

60%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bemiss is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bemiss are

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

Jobs based in Bemiss

192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bemiss residents hold

2,843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+64%

Jobs based in Bemiss, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 192. 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.