Work & commute · Hartwell

Work & commute in Hartwell, GA

Most working residents leave Hartwell for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lavonia (5%), Atlanta (3%) and Royston (2%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

344 of 2,136 working residents

Typical commute

33 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 1,792 Hartwell residents head out of town to work, 344 work right here, and 2,726 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartwell.

1,792live here, work elsewhere

344live and work here

2,726work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartwell goes to work

Hartwell (in town)right here

16%344

Lavonia11.8 mi away

5%102

Atlanta94.7 mi away

3%61

Royston11.3 mi away

2%44

Commerce32.6 mi away

2%34

Elberton17.1 mi away

1%29

Lawrenceville66.7 mi away

1%28

Sandy Springs87.3 mi away

1%27

Toccoa27.8 mi away

1%26

Gainesville51.6 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,415

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

How far

How far Hartwell commutes

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

30%

16%

39%

30%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartwell are

3,070 jobs are based in Hartwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hartwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hartwell

3,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hartwell residents hold

2,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−13%

Jobs based in Hartwell, 2013 → 2023: 3,531 → 3,070. 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.