Work & commute · Cataula

Work & commute in Cataula, GA

Most working residents leave Cataula for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (49%), Atlanta (3%) and Phenix City (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 557 Cataula residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cataula.

557live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cataula goes to work

Columbus10.6 mi away

49%274

Atlanta80.1 mi away

3%14

Phenix City, AL17.5 mi away

2%9

West Point22.8 mi away

2%9

LaGrange27 mi away

2%9

Hamilton7 mi away

1%8

Macon-Bibb County68.8 mi away

1%8

Alpharetta103 mi away

1%6

Opelika, AL29.9 mi away

1%5

Auburn, AL36.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%213

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

How far

How far Cataula commutes

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

21%

43%

32%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cataula 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 Cataula are

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

Jobs based in Cataula

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Cataula residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+88%

Jobs based in Cataula, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 120. 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.