Work & commute · Homeland

Work & commute in Homeland, GA

Most working residents leave Homeland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Folkston (20%), Jacksonville (7%) and Fernandina Beach (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

37 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 252 Homeland residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homeland.

252live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homeland goes to work

Folkston1.7 mi away

20%51

Jacksonville, FL42 mi away

7%17

Fernandina Beach, FL36.7 mi away

3%8

St. Marys27.2 mi away

3%8

Kingsland13.7 mi away

3%8

Homeland (in town)right here

2%6

Waycross31.4 mi away

2%5

Douglas66.5 mi away

2%5

Jesup51.3 mi away

2%5

Atlanta244.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%140

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

How far

How far Homeland commutes

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

25%

13%

25%

37%

25%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homeland is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Homeland are

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

Jobs based in Homeland

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Homeland residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−38%

Jobs based in Homeland, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 145. 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.