Work & commute · Lumber

Work & commute in Lumber, GA

Most working residents leave Lumber for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are McRae-Helena (9%), Douglas (6%) and Vidalia (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 281 Lumber residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumber.

281live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumber goes to work

McRae-Helena15.4 mi away

9%26

Lumber City (in town)right here

7%21

Douglas31.2 mi away

6%19

Vidalia25.3 mi away

5%14

Alamo15.9 mi away

4%12

Macon-Bibb County84.5 mi away

3%10

Hazlehurst6.8 mi away

3%9

Baxley22.8 mi away

3%8

Jacksonville19.1 mi away

2%6

Dublin44 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%171

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

How far

How far Lumber commutes

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

16%

31%

22%

31%

16%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumber is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumber are

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

Jobs based in Lumber

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Lumber residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−11%

Jobs based in Lumber, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 234. 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.