Work & commute · Gordon

Work & commute in Gordon, GA

Most working residents leave Gordon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Macon-Bibb County (19%), Milledgeville (12%) and Irwinton (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 597 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 548 Gordon residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gordon.

548live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

790work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gordon goes to work

Macon-Bibb County21.6 mi away

19%111

Milledgeville14.9 mi away

12%71

Gordon (in town)right here

8%49

Irwinton10.6 mi away

6%34

Gray14.4 mi away

3%15

Warner Robins27.3 mi away

2%11

McIntyre7.5 mi away

1%8

Dublin33.8 mi away

1%8

Columbus93.3 mi away

1%7

Atlanta87.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%277

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

How far

How far Gordon commutes

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

14%

44%

11%

32%

14%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gordon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gordon are

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

Jobs based in Gordon

839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Gordon residents hold

597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+72%

Jobs based in Gordon, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 839. 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.