Work & commute · Lavonia

Work & commute in Lavonia, GA

Most working residents leave Lavonia for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (4%), Commerce (3%) and Toccoa (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

160 of 960 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 800 Lavonia residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 3,434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lavonia.

800live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

3,434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lavonia goes to work

Lavonia (in town)right here

17%160

Gainesville42.3 mi away

4%38

Commerce25.9 mi away

3%28

Toccoa16.1 mi away

3%26

Royston10.2 mi away

3%25

Atlanta88.4 mi away

2%22

Hartwell11.8 mi away

2%20

Carnesville8.2 mi away

2%16

Elberton26.3 mi away

1%11

Alpharetta71.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%603

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

How far

How far Lavonia commutes

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

32%

17%

21%

30%

32%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lavonia is a job hub

3.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lavonia are

3,594 jobs are based in Lavonia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lavonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lavonia

3,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lavonia residents hold

960 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+41%

Jobs based in Lavonia, 2013 → 2023: 2,546 → 3,594. 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.