Work & commute · Manchester

Work & commute in Manchester, GA

Most working residents leave Manchester for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (8%), LaGrange (6%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

135 of 1,396 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,261 Manchester residents head out of town to work, 135 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manchester.

1,261live here, work elsewhere

135live and work here

577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manchester goes to work

Manchester (in town)right here

10%135

Columbus27.8 mi away

8%116

LaGrange26.1 mi away

6%86

Atlanta63.6 mi away

3%48

West Point29.6 mi away

3%40

Greenville12.8 mi away

3%37

Warm Springs3.2 mi away

2%31

Peachtree City37 mi away

2%26

Newnan36.7 mi away

2%25

East Point56.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%831

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

How far

How far Manchester commutes

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

18%

13%

36%

33%

18%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manchester is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manchester are

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

Jobs based in Manchester

712 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Manchester residents hold

1,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−29%

Jobs based in Manchester, 2013 → 2023: 998 → 712. 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.