Work & commute · Blakely

Work & commute in Blakely, GA

About one in 4 of Blakely’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dothan (7%), Colquitt (5%) and Albany (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

485 of 2,012 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,527 Blakely residents head out of town to work, 485 work right here, and 1,326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blakely.

1,527live here, work elsewhere

485live and work here

1,326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blakely goes to work

Blakely (in town)right here

24%485

Dothan, AL30.1 mi away

7%138

Colquitt18.4 mi away

5%95

Albany46.3 mi away

4%78

Bakerhill, AL34.9 mi away

3%62

Donalsonville23.8 mi away

2%41

Bainbridge39 mi away

2%41

Camilla43.6 mi away

2%36

Columbus78.1 mi away

2%36

Bluffton10.2 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%967

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

How far

How far Blakely commutes

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

27%

15%

24%

34%

27%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blakely is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blakely are

1,811 jobs are based in Blakely. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blakely’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blakely

1,811 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Blakely residents hold

2,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−18%

Jobs based in Blakely, 2013 → 2023: 2,208 → 1,811. 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.