Work & commute · Hazlehurst

Work & commute in Hazlehurst, GA

About one in 5 of Hazlehurst’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Baxley (6%), Douglas (4%) and Vidalia (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

330 of 1,573 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,243 Hazlehurst residents head out of town to work, 330 work right here, and 2,108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazlehurst.

1,243live here, work elsewhere

330live and work here

2,108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazlehurst goes to work

Hazlehurst (in town)right here

21%330

Baxley16.2 mi away

6%91

Douglas28.9 mi away

4%64

Vidalia26.7 mi away

3%53

Savannah83 mi away

2%29

Waycross47.3 mi away

2%27

Statesboro62.4 mi away

1%21

Alma23.3 mi away

1%18

Jesup45.3 mi away

1%17

Macon-Bibb County91.4 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%906

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

How far

How far Hazlehurst commutes

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

36%

15%

17%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazlehurst is a job hub

1.55jobs 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 Hazlehurst are

2,438 jobs are based in Hazlehurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazlehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazlehurst

2,438 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Hazlehurst residents hold

1,573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−18%

Jobs based in Hazlehurst, 2013 → 2023: 2,968 → 2,438. 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.