Work & commute · Donalsonville

Work & commute in Donalsonville, GA

About one in 4 of Donalsonville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bainbridge (8%), Colquitt (5%) and Albany (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

259 of 922 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 663 Donalsonville residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 1,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Donalsonville.

663live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

1,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Donalsonville goes to work

Donalsonville (in town)right here

28%259

Bainbridge20.3 mi away

8%77

Colquitt12.6 mi away

5%50

Albany55.7 mi away

5%42

Valdosta95.7 mi away

3%25

Tallahassee, FL55 mi away

2%19

Thomasville55.1 mi away

1%12

Chattahoochee, FL23.8 mi away

1%11

Atlanta190 mi away

1%11

Cairo41.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%407

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

How far

How far Donalsonville commutes

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

38%

21%

37%

38%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Donalsonville is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Donalsonville are

1,470 jobs are based in Donalsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Donalsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Donalsonville

1,470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Donalsonville residents hold

922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−3%

Jobs based in Donalsonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,521 → 1,470. 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.