Work & commute · Ila

Work & commute in Ila, GA

Most working residents leave Ila for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Commerce (5%), Jefferson (5%) and Atlanta (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 129 Ila residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ila.

129live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ila goes to work

Commerce10.8 mi away

5%6

Jefferson17.9 mi away

5%6

Atlanta70.7 mi away

5%6

Gainesville31.7 mi away

4%5

Ila (in town)right here

2%3

Watkinsville22.6 mi away

2%2

Madison42.4 mi away

2%2

Lawrenceville42.8 mi away

2%2

Newnan101.5 mi away

2%2

Buford40 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%96

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

How far

How far Ila commutes

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

12%

45%

20%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ila is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ila are

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

Jobs based in Ila

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ila residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+475%

Jobs based in Ila, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 115. 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.