Work & commute · Fitzgerald

Work & commute in Fitzgerald, GA

About one in 3 of Fitzgerald’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tifton (6%), Ocilla (5%) and Douglas (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

920 of 3,077 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 2,157 Fitzgerald residents head out of town to work, 920 work right here, and 2,974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fitzgerald.

2,157live here, work elsewhere

920live and work here

2,974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fitzgerald goes to work

Fitzgerald (in town)right here

30%920

Tifton23.5 mi away

6%182

Ocilla7.9 mi away

5%151

Douglas27.4 mi away

5%141

Valdosta59.6 mi away

2%61

Albany55.1 mi away

2%55

Atlanta157.1 mi away

1%42

Macon-Bibb County80 mi away

1%35

Cordele34.7 mi away

1%30

Columbus109.8 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,434

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

How far

How far Fitzgerald commutes

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

49%

10%

14%

28%

49%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fitzgerald is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fitzgerald are

3,894 jobs are based in Fitzgerald. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fitzgerald’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fitzgerald

3,894 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Fitzgerald residents hold

3,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−3%

Jobs based in Fitzgerald, 2013 → 2023: 4,025 → 3,894. 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.