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Work & commute · Blackshear

Work & commute in Blackshear, GA

Most working residents leave Blackshear for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Waycross (20%), Jesup (2%) and Valdosta (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
18%
242 of 1,361 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,119 Blackshear residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 2,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackshear.

1,119live here, work elsewhere
242live and work here
2,342work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Blackshear goes to work

JacksonvillePattersonOffermanBlackshearAlmaWaycrossDouglasBrunswickJesupStatesboroValdostaSavannahSunnysideDeenwoodSt. SimonsWaycrossJesupValdostaAlmaDouglasJacksonvilleBrunswickSavannahPattersonBlackshear
1
Waycross8.3 mi away
20%275
2
Blackshear (in town)right here
18%242
3
Jesup29.7 mi away
2%29
4
Valdosta67.9 mi away
2%28
5
Alma21.9 mi away
2%27
6
Douglas38.5 mi away
1%19
7
Jacksonville, FL74.7 mi away
1%17
8
Brunswick47.7 mi away
1%17
9
Savannah79.8 mi away
1%17
10
Patterson9.5 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%677

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

How far

How far Blackshear commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Blackshear is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackshear are

2,584 jobs are based in Blackshear. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blackshear’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blackshear

2,584 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Blackshear residents hold

1,361 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month45%
+13%

Jobs based in Blackshear, 2013 → 2023: 2,295 → 2,584. 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.

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