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Work & commute in Lyons, GA

Most working residents leave Lyons for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (27%), Macon-Bibb County (2%) and Reidsville (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
17%
236 of 1,406 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,170 Lyons residents head out of town to work, 236 work right here, and 2,068 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyons.

1,170live here, work elsewhere
236live and work here
2,068work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lyons goes to work

Santa ClausAileyMount VernonSopertonHazlehurstMetterReidsvilleLyonsDouglasSwainsboroVidaliaDublinStatesboroMacon-Bibb CountyAtlantaVidaliaMacon-Bibb CountyReidsvilleSwainsboroMetterDouglasStatesboroDublinAtlantaLyons
1
Vidalia4.8 mi away
27%385
2
Lyons (in town)right here
17%236
3
Macon-Bibb County90.2 mi away
2%33
4
Reidsville14.1 mi away
2%31
5
Swainsboro26.3 mi away
2%24
6
Metter20 mi away
1%20
7
Douglas57.5 mi away
1%20
8
Statesboro35.7 mi away
1%20
9
Dublin42.2 mi away
1%16
10
Atlanta162.5 mi away
1%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%605

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

How far

How far Lyons commutes

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

49%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lyons is a job hub

1.64jobs 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 Lyons are

2,304 jobs are based in Lyons. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lyons’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lyons

2,304 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lyons residents hold

1,406 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month42%
+16%

Jobs based in Lyons, 2013 → 2023: 1,983 → 2,304. 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.

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