Work & commute · Byron

Work & commute in Byron, GA

Most working residents leave Byron for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Macon-Bibb County (26%), Warner Robins (15%) and Fort Valley (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

168 of 2,203 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,035 Byron residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 2,794 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Byron.

2,035live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

2,794work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Byron goes to work

Macon-Bibb County11.5 mi away

26%574

Warner Robins6.5 mi away

15%337

Byron (in town)right here

8%168

Fort Valley10.3 mi away

6%122

Perry12.2 mi away

3%69

Atlanta86.3 mi away

3%64

Columbus66.3 mi away

1%21

Alpharetta102.8 mi away

1%18

Sandy Springs95.6 mi away

1%16

Albany78.2 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%799

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

How far

How far Byron commutes

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

34%

32%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Byron is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Byron are

2,962 jobs are based in Byron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Byron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Byron

2,962 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Byron residents hold

2,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+68%

Jobs based in Byron, 2013 → 2023: 1,764 → 2,962. 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.