Work & commute · Gray

Work & commute in Gray, GA

Most working residents leave Gray for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Macon-Bibb County (34%), Milledgeville (5%) and Warner Robins (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

187 of 1,401 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,214 Gray residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 2,299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gray.

1,214live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

2,299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gray goes to work

Macon-Bibb County16.1 mi away

34%478

Gray (in town)right here

13%187

Milledgeville18.3 mi away

5%75

Warner Robins28.7 mi away

3%41

Atlanta73.2 mi away

2%31

Perry38.1 mi away

1%13

Monticello22 mi away

1%12

Dublin48 mi away

1%11

Albany105.2 mi away

1%11

Forsyth23 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%532

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

How far

How far Gray commutes

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

19%

45%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gray is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gray are

2,486 jobs are based in Gray. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gray’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gray

2,486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Gray residents hold

1,401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Gray, 2013 → 2023: 2,281 → 2,486. 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.