Work & commute · Cairo

Work & commute in Cairo, GA

About one in 4 of Cairo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Thomasville (16%), Tallahassee (7%) and Albany (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

967 of 3,515 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,548 Cairo residents head out of town to work, 967 work right here, and 3,457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cairo.

2,548live here, work elsewhere

967live and work here

3,457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cairo goes to work

Cairo (in town)right here

28%967

Thomasville13.7 mi away

16%569

Tallahassee, FL29.5 mi away

7%244

Albany48.3 mi away

3%101

Bainbridge21.9 mi away

2%78

Camilla24.5 mi away

2%67

Valdosta55 mi away

1%48

Atlanta199.6 mi away

1%46

Moultrie32.1 mi away

1%45

Macon-Bibb County136.7 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,322

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

How far

How far Cairo commutes

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

33%

28%

13%

25%

33%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cairo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cairo are

4,424 jobs are based in Cairo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cairo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cairo

4,424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cairo residents hold

3,515 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+19%

Jobs based in Cairo, 2013 → 2023: 3,729 → 4,424. 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.