Work & commute · Eastman

Work & commute in Eastman, GA

About one in 3 of Eastman’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dublin (7%), Warner Robins (4%) and Macon-Bibb County (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

506 of 1,594 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,088 Eastman residents head out of town to work, 506 work right here, and 3,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastman.

1,088live here, work elsewhere

506live and work here

3,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastman goes to work

Eastman (in town)right here

32%506

Dublin27.3 mi away

7%108

Warner Robins39.6 mi away

4%67

Macon-Bibb County52.1 mi away

4%57

McRae-Helena18.5 mi away

1%22

Cochran16.8 mi away

1%20

Douglas51.3 mi away

1%19

Vidalia44.9 mi away

1%19

Milledgeville61.6 mi away

1%15

Savannah116.4 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%746

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

How far

How far Eastman commutes

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

36%

22%

33%

36%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastman is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastman are

3,544 jobs are based in Eastman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eastman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eastman

3,544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Eastman residents hold

1,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−6%

Jobs based in Eastman, 2013 → 2023: 3,754 → 3,544. 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.