Work & commute · McRae-Helena

Work & commute in McRae-Helena, GA

About one in 5 of McRae-Helena’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Eastman (4%), Dublin (4%) and Vidalia (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

291 of 1,420 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,129 McRae-Helena residents head out of town to work, 291 work right here, and 1,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McRae-Helena.

1,129live here, work elsewhere

291live and work here

1,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McRae-Helena goes to work

McRae-Helena (in town)right here

20%291

Eastman18.5 mi away

4%62

Dublin32.7 mi away

4%56

Vidalia30.7 mi away

4%53

Alamo9 mi away

3%49

Macon-Bibb County69.4 mi away

3%40

Douglas38.6 mi away

2%34

Hazlehurst22.2 mi away

2%27

Statesboro70.4 mi away

1%21

Warner Robins57.7 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%769

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

How far

How far McRae-Helena commutes

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

29%

11%

19%

41%

29%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McRae-Helena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McRae-Helena are

1,479 jobs are based in McRae-Helena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McRae-Helena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McRae-Helena

1,479 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs McRae-Helena residents hold

1,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−62%

Jobs based in McRae-Helena, 2013 → 2023: 3,872 → 1,479. 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.