Work & commute · Lumpkin

Work & commute in Lumpkin, GA

Most working residents leave Lumpkin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bakerhill (3%), Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government (3%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 207 working residents

Typical commute

46 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 198 Lumpkin residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumpkin.

198live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumpkin goes to work

Lumpkin (in town)right here

4%9

Bakerhill, AL34.7 mi away

3%6

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government20.7 mi away

3%6

Atlanta120.4 mi away

3%6

Richland8.4 mi away

2%5

Macon-Bibb County83.1 mi away

2%5

Tallahassee, FL114.8 mi away

2%4

Columbus32.2 mi away

2%4

Eufaula, AL23.1 mi away

1%3

Vienna59.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

75%156

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

How far

How far Lumpkin commutes

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

21%

16%

14%

49%

21%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumpkin is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumpkin are

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

Jobs based in Lumpkin

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lumpkin residents hold

207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−45%

Jobs based in Lumpkin, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 137. 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.