Work & commute · Dearing

Work & commute in Dearing, GA

Most working residents leave Dearing for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thomson (7%), Martinez (5%) and Evans (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 216 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 215 Dearing residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dearing.

215live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dearing goes to work

Thomson7.3 mi away

7%16

Martinez18 mi away

5%10

Evans17.7 mi away

5%10

Atlanta119.6 mi away

3%7

Macon-Bibb County86.5 mi away

2%4

Grovetown10.6 mi away

1%3

Harlem4.3 mi away

1%3

Columbus157.2 mi away

1%3

Wrens14.4 mi away

1%2

Stockbridge106.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%156

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

How far

How far Dearing commutes

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

24%

46%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dearing is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dearing are

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

Jobs based in Dearing

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Dearing residents hold

216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+22%

Jobs based in Dearing, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 186. 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.