Work & commute · Monticello

Work & commute in Monticello, GA

About one in 5 of Monticello’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Covington (6%), Macon-Bibb County (4%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

197 of 896 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 699 Monticello residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 1,082 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monticello.

699live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

1,082work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monticello goes to work

Monticello (in town)right here

22%197

Covington23.3 mi away

6%51

Macon-Bibb County33.7 mi away

4%40

Atlanta53.4 mi away

3%31

Madison22.9 mi away

3%26

Jackson16.4 mi away

2%15

Locust Grove24.2 mi away

1%13

Eatonton17.2 mi away

1%13

Milledgeville29.4 mi away

1%12

Columbus87.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%487

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

How far

How far Monticello commutes

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

28%

25%

21%

26%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monticello is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monticello are

1,279 jobs are based in Monticello. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monticello’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monticello

1,279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Monticello residents hold

896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+3%

Jobs based in Monticello, 2013 → 2023: 1,246 → 1,279. 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.