Work & commute · Bluffton

Work & commute in Bluffton, GA

Most working residents leave Bluffton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Valdosta (10%), Colquitt (7%) and Blakely (7%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

49 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 28 Bluffton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bluffton.

28live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bluffton goes to work

Valdosta104.8 mi away

10%3

Colquitt25.3 mi away

7%2

Blakely10.2 mi away

7%2

Dothan, AL37.4 mi away

3%1

Eufaula, AL32.5 mi away

3%1

Woodland, CA2127.5 mi away

3%1

Bluffton (in town)right here

3%1

Glenwood136.8 mi away

3%1

Cuthbert17.9 mi away

3%1

Fort Gaines13.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%15

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

How far

How far Bluffton commutes

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

23%

50%

4%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bluffton is a job hub

7.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bluffton are

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

Jobs based in Bluffton

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Bluffton residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+99%

Jobs based in Bluffton, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 217. 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.