Work & commute · Douglas

Work & commute in Douglas, GA

47% of Douglas’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Valdosta (2%), Waycross (2%) and Jacksonville (1%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
47%
1,938 of 4,153 working residents
Typical commute
4 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
14 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,215 Douglas residents head out of town to work, 1,938 work right here, and 11,239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglas.

2,215live here, work elsewhere
1,938live and work here
11,239work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Douglas goes to work

JacksonvilleNichollsOcillaBroxtonPearsonAlmaFitzgeraldWaycrossDouglasTiftonValdostaSavannahAtlantaAlbanyValdostaWaycrossJacksonvilleNichollsPearsonAlmaTiftonAtlantaSavannahDouglas
1
Douglas (in town)right here
47%1,938
2
Valdosta51.8 mi away
2%101
3
Waycross35.7 mi away
2%80
4
Jacksonville, FL107.4 mi away
1%56
5
Nicholls12.8 mi away
1%47
6
Pearson14.4 mi away
1%47
7
Alma22.6 mi away
1%44
8
Tifton39.4 mi away
1%44
9
Atlanta180.7 mi away
1%39
10
Savannah103.6 mi away
1%38
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%1,719

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

How far

How far Douglas commutes

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

55%Under 10 mi
7%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Douglas is a job hub

3.17jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglas are

13,177 jobs are based in Douglas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Douglas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Douglas

13,177 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Douglas residents hold

4,153 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month40%
+11%

Jobs based in Douglas, 2013 → 2023: 11,886 → 13,177. 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.

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