Work & commute · Higgston

Work & commute in Higgston, GA

Most working residents leave Higgston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (28%), Lyons (8%) and Ailey (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 128 Higgston residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Higgston.

128live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Higgston goes to work

Vidalia3.7 mi away

28%37

Lyons8.4 mi away

8%10

Ailey6.8 mi away

5%6

Mount Vernon8 mi away

5%6

Dublin34.9 mi away

5%6

Swainsboro26.6 mi away

3%4

Savannah75.7 mi away

3%4

Higgston (in town)right here

2%3

Sandy Springs161.9 mi away

2%3

Perry75.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%49

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

How far

How far Higgston commutes

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

53%

13%

28%

53%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Higgston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Higgston are

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

Jobs based in Higgston

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less55%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Higgston residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−17%

Jobs based in Higgston, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 131. 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.