Work & commute · Ellaville

Work & commute in Ellaville, GA

About one in 5 of Ellaville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Americus (12%), Albany (5%) and Columbus (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

133 of 635 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 502 Ellaville residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellaville.

502live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellaville goes to work

Ellaville (in town)right here

21%133

Americus12.4 mi away

12%74

Albany46.2 mi away

5%34

Columbus38 mi away

4%24

Macon-Bibb County53.3 mi away

3%22

Butler22.5 mi away

2%10

Richland23.1 mi away

1%7

Montezuma17.4 mi away

1%7

Webster County unified government19.5 mi away

1%7

Warner Robins45.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%311

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

How far

How far Ellaville commutes

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

27%

30%

17%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellaville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellaville are

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

Jobs based in Ellaville

932 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ellaville residents hold

635 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+29%

Jobs based in Ellaville, 2013 → 2023: 720 → 932. 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.