Work & commute · Greenville

Work & commute in Greenville, GA

Most working residents leave Greenville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are LaGrange (15%), Columbus (7%) and West Point (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 323 Greenville residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 594 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenville.

323live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

594work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenville goes to work

LaGrange18.7 mi away

15%50

Columbus37.1 mi away

7%23

Greenville (in town)right here

5%18

West Point26.3 mi away

4%15

Newnan24.1 mi away

4%14

Atlanta53.3 mi away

4%13

Peachtree City26.3 mi away

3%11

Manchester12.8 mi away

1%5

College Park44.6 mi away

1%5

Griffin29.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%182

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

How far

How far Greenville commutes

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

27%

41%

23%

9%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenville is a job hub

1.79jobs 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 Greenville are

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

Jobs based in Greenville

612 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Greenville residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+35%

Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 452 → 612. 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.