Work & commute · Boston

Work & commute in Boston, GA

Most working residents leave Boston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Thomasville (29%), Tallahassee (6%) and Cairo (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 447 Boston residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boston.

447live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boston goes to work

Thomasville11.7 mi away

29%131

Tallahassee, FL36.1 mi away

6%28

Boston (in town)right here

2%11

Cairo25.4 mi away

2%9

Atlanta208.6 mi away

2%9

Albany59 mi away

2%9

Valdosta30.6 mi away

2%8

Moultrie26.8 mi away

2%7

Bainbridge47.1 mi away

1%6

Dublin130.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%237

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

How far

How far Boston commutes

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

15%

43%

16%

26%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boston is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boston are

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

Jobs based in Boston

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Boston residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+44%

Jobs based in Boston, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 98. 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.