Work & commute · Cordele

Work & commute in Cordele, GA

About one in 3 of Cordele’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Vienna (7%), Albany (5%) and Macon-Bibb County (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,108 of 3,670 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,562 Cordele residents head out of town to work, 1,108 work right here, and 4,365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cordele.

2,562live here, work elsewhere

1,108live and work here

4,365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cordele goes to work

Cordele (in town)right here

30%1,108

Vienna9.5 mi away

7%270

Albany35.4 mi away

5%171

Macon-Bibb County59.1 mi away

3%119

Columbus75 mi away

3%94

Warner Robins44.9 mi away

2%72

Atlanta130.5 mi away

2%72

Americus27.7 mi away

2%59

Richland53 mi away

1%35

Perry35.8 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,636

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

How far

How far Cordele commutes

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

49%

18%

30%

49%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cordele is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cordele are

5,473 jobs are based in Cordele. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cordele’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cordele

5,473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cordele residents hold

3,670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−5%

Jobs based in Cordele, 2013 → 2023: 5,748 → 5,473. 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.