Work & commute · Milledgeville

Work & commute in Milledgeville, GA

About one in 3 of Milledgeville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Macon-Bibb County (8%), Atlanta (4%) and Eatonton (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,652 of 5,545 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,893 Milledgeville residents head out of town to work, 1,652 work right here, and 9,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milledgeville.

3,893live here, work elsewhere

1,652live and work here

9,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milledgeville goes to work

Milledgeville (in town)right here

30%1,652

Macon-Bibb County32.6 mi away

8%417

Atlanta82.6 mi away

4%212

Eatonton18.6 mi away

2%137

Dublin42.2 mi away

1%73

Hardwick2.9 mi away

1%68

Warner Robins41.5 mi away

1%67

Columbus102.9 mi away

1%53

Madison36.6 mi away

1%51

Sandersville26.2 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,769

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

How far

How far Milledgeville commutes

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

37%

17%

38%

37%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milledgeville is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milledgeville are

11,620 jobs are based in Milledgeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milledgeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milledgeville

11,620 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Milledgeville residents hold

5,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+4%

Jobs based in Milledgeville, 2013 → 2023: 11,145 → 11,620. 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.