Work & commute · Louisville

Work & commute in Louisville, GA

Most working residents leave Louisville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Wadley (6%), Waynesboro (4%) and Sandersville (2%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

131 of 771 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 640 Louisville residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 1,093 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisville.

640live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

1,093work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louisville goes to work

Louisville (in town)right here

17%131

Wadley8.8 mi away

6%50

Waynesboro23.2 mi away

4%27

Sandersville23.7 mi away

2%16

Martinez40.3 mi away

2%15

Swainsboro28.3 mi away

2%13

Wrens14.9 mi away

1%11

Savannah97.4 mi away

1%11

Thomson33.4 mi away

1%10

Statesboro52.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%479

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

How far

How far Louisville commutes

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

30%

14%

23%

32%

30%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louisville is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisville are

1,224 jobs are based in Louisville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Louisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Louisville

1,224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Louisville residents hold

771 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+7%

Jobs based in Louisville, 2013 → 2023: 1,146 → 1,224. 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.