Work & commute · Canon

Work & commute in Canon, GA

Most working residents leave Canon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lavonia (13%), Royston (6%) and Hartwell (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 298 Canon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canon.

298live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canon goes to work

Lavonia6.4 mi away

13%39

Royston3.8 mi away

6%17

Hartwell10.5 mi away

4%13

Franklin Springs4.5 mi away

3%10

Atlanta85 mi away

3%8

Carnesville7.4 mi away

2%7

Gainesville41.1 mi away

2%6

Lawrenceville57.1 mi away

1%4

Johns Creek66 mi away

1%4

Toccoa20.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%189

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

How far

How far Canon commutes

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

38%

12%

18%

32%

38%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canon is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canon are

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

Jobs based in Canon

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Canon residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−85%

Jobs based in Canon, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 38. 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.