Work & commute · Fort Valley

Work & commute in Fort Valley, GA

Most working residents leave Fort Valley for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Macon-Bibb County (12%), Warner Robins (10%) and Perry (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

483 of 2,869 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,386 Fort Valley residents head out of town to work, 483 work right here, and 3,989 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Valley.

2,386live here, work elsewhere

483live and work here

3,989work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Valley goes to work

Fort Valley (in town)right here

17%483

Macon-Bibb County20.8 mi away

12%338

Warner Robins13.5 mi away

10%283

Perry10.4 mi away

4%111

Atlanta89.4 mi away

4%103

Byron10.3 mi away

2%63

Milledgeville52.5 mi away

1%33

Sandy Springs99.5 mi away

1%25

Albany69.4 mi away

1%23

East Point84.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,387

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

How far

How far Fort Valley commutes

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

25%

32%

35%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Valley is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Valley are

4,472 jobs are based in Fort Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Valley

4,472 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Fort Valley residents hold

2,869 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−11%

Jobs based in Fort Valley, 2013 → 2023: 5,017 → 4,472. 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.