Work & commute · Greensboro

Work & commute in Greensboro, GA

Most working residents leave Greensboro for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (5%), Atlanta (2%) and Eatonton (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

199 of 1,293 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,094 Greensboro residents head out of town to work, 199 work right here, and 1,773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greensboro.

1,094live here, work elsewhere

199live and work here

1,773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greensboro goes to work

Greensboro (in town)right here

15%199

Madison16.5 mi away

5%67

Atlanta72.2 mi away

2%28

Eatonton20 mi away

2%21

Milledgeville33 mi away

1%19

Gainesville62.2 mi away

1%16

Union Point7.7 mi away

1%15

Macon-Bibb County59.7 mi away

1%15

Savannah157.8 mi away

1%14

Covington37.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%886

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

How far

How far Greensboro commutes

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

31%

12%

19%

38%

31%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greensboro is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greensboro are

1,972 jobs are based in Greensboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greensboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greensboro

1,972 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Greensboro residents hold

1,293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+5%

Jobs based in Greensboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,887 → 1,972. 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.