Work & commute · Gay

Work & commute in Gay, GA

Most working residents leave Gay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Peachtree City (11%), Newnan (9%) and Fairburn (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45 Gay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gay.

45live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gay goes to work

Peachtree City20.5 mi away

11%5

Newnan22.5 mi away

9%4

Fairburn31.2 mi away

7%3

McDonough34.4 mi away

4%2

Fayetteville25.2 mi away

4%2

Atlanta47 mi away

4%2

Phenix City, AL51.5 mi away

2%1

Woodbury7.6 mi away

2%1

Hapeville40.3 mi away

2%1

Luthersville12.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%23

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

How far

How far Gay commutes

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

45%

34%

14%

7%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gay is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gay are

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

Jobs based in Gay

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gay residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+57%

Jobs based in Gay, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 113. 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.