Work & commute · Eatonton

Work & commute in Eatonton, GA

About one in 4 of Eatonton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Madison (6%), Milledgeville (5%) and Macon-Bibb County (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

540 of 2,361 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,821 Eatonton residents head out of town to work, 540 work right here, and 2,543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eatonton.

1,821live here, work elsewhere

540live and work here

2,543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eatonton goes to work

Eatonton (in town)right here

23%540

Madison18.2 mi away

6%133

Milledgeville18.6 mi away

5%125

Macon-Bibb County39.8 mi away

4%90

Atlanta66.8 mi away

3%66

Greensboro20 mi away

2%39

Covington32.7 mi away

2%37

Sandersville41.3 mi away

1%20

Monticello17.2 mi away

1%17

Sandy Springs70.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,277

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

How far

How far Eatonton commutes

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

32%

24%

14%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eatonton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eatonton are

3,083 jobs are based in Eatonton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eatonton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eatonton

3,083 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Eatonton residents hold

2,361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−5%

Jobs based in Eatonton, 2013 → 2023: 3,232 → 3,083. 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.