Work & commute · LaGrange

Work & commute in LaGrange, GA

About one in 3 of LaGrange’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are West Point (6%), Columbus (4%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

4,868 of 12,801 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,933 LaGrange residents head out of town to work, 4,868 work right here, and 18,458 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in LaGrange.

7,933live here, work elsewhere

4,868live and work here

18,458work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where LaGrange goes to work

LaGrange (in town)right here

38%4,868

West Point10.7 mi away

6%831

Columbus36.9 mi away

4%482

Atlanta62 mi away

3%404

Newnan28.4 mi away

2%241

Hogansville12.5 mi away

1%165

Marietta70.1 mi away

1%121

Carrollton38.4 mi away

1%112

East Point55.2 mi away

1%108

Sandy Springs73.4 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%5,379

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

How far

How far LaGrange commutes

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

44%

10%

16%

29%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

LaGrange is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in LaGrange are

23,326 jobs are based in LaGrange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs LaGrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in LaGrange

23,326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs LaGrange residents hold

12,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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Jobs based in LaGrange, 2013 → 2023: 23,241 → 23,326. 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.