Work & commute · Nicholls

Work & commute in Nicholls, GA

Most working residents leave Nicholls for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Douglas (19%), Alma (6%) and Jacksonville (4%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 627 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 614 Nicholls residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nicholls.

614live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nicholls goes to work

Douglas12.8 mi away

19%118

Alma9.8 mi away

6%40

Jacksonville, FL100.2 mi away

4%22

Waycross27 mi away

3%20

Atlanta186.5 mi away

3%19

Valdosta59.8 mi away

2%14

Nicholls (in town)right here

2%13

Savannah91.4 mi away

2%13

Macon-Bibb County108.4 mi away

1%8

Albany90.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%352

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

How far

How far Nicholls commutes

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

31%

51%

9%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nicholls is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nicholls are

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

Jobs based in Nicholls

405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Nicholls residents hold

627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+109%

Jobs based in Nicholls, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 405. 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.