Work & commute · Box Springs

Work & commute in Box Springs, GA

Most working residents leave Box Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (36%), Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government (3%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Box Springs residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Box Springs.

117live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Box Springs goes to work

Columbus12.8 mi away

36%43

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government15.6 mi away

3%4

Atlanta85.3 mi away

3%4

Buena Vista17.6 mi away

3%3

College Park76.6 mi away

3%3

McDonough68.5 mi away

3%3

Newnan57.9 mi away

3%3

Geneva6.5 mi away

2%2

Talbotton11.4 mi away

2%2

Butler24.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%49

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

How far

How far Box Springs commutes

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

52%

36%

5%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Box Springs is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Box Springs are

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

Jobs based in Box Springs

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities95%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Box Springs residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+3800%

Jobs based in Box Springs, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 39. 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.