Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, GA

About one in 3 of Madison’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (3%), Covington (2%) and Monroe (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

567 of 1,963 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,396 Madison residents head out of town to work, 567 work right here, and 5,675 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

1,396live here, work elsewhere

567live and work here

5,675work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Madison (in town)right here

29%567

Atlanta55.9 mi away

3%50

Covington21.4 mi away

2%48

Monroe20.7 mi away

2%44

Conyers29.7 mi away

2%38

Greensboro16.5 mi away

1%24

Eatonton18.2 mi away

1%19

Gainesville53.1 mi away

1%18

Savannah171.1 mi away

1%18

Social Circle14.4 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,120

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

36%

17%

23%

24%

36%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a job hub

3.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

6,242 jobs are based in Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison

6,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Madison residents hold

1,963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+59%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 3,929 → 6,242. 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.