Work & commute · Cochran

Work & commute in Cochran, GA

Most working residents leave Cochran for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Macon-Bibb County (7%), Warner Robins (6%) and Eastman (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

234 of 1,477 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 1,243 Cochran residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 1,136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cochran.

1,243live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

1,136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cochran goes to work

Cochran (in town)right here

16%234

Macon-Bibb County35.3 mi away

7%104

Warner Robins22.9 mi away

6%92

Eastman16.8 mi away

4%64

Dublin26.6 mi away

4%52

Atlanta113.5 mi away

2%29

Hawkinsville9.6 mi away

2%28

Perry22.8 mi away

2%28

Fort Valley32.9 mi away

2%23

Statesboro91.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%807

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

How far

How far Cochran commutes

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

28%

22%

19%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cochran is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cochran are

1,370 jobs are based in Cochran. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cochran’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cochran

1,370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Cochran residents hold

1,477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−30%

Jobs based in Cochran, 2013 → 2023: 1,967 → 1,370. 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.