Work & commute · Ocilla

Work & commute in Ocilla, GA

About one in 5 of Ocilla’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fitzgerald (14%), Douglas (9%) and Tifton (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

215 of 1,091 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 876 Ocilla residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 1,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ocilla.

876live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

1,334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ocilla goes to work

Ocilla (in town)right here

20%215

Fitzgerald7.9 mi away

14%149

Douglas24.1 mi away

9%99

Tifton18.5 mi away

8%88

Valdosta51.7 mi away

3%28

Atlanta164.4 mi away

2%19

Albany54.5 mi away

1%16

Willacoochee21.9 mi away

1%11

Cordele39.3 mi away

1%10

Moultrie43.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%446

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

How far

How far Ocilla commutes

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

40%

26%

27%

40%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ocilla is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ocilla are

1,549 jobs are based in Ocilla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ocilla

1,549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ocilla residents hold

1,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+13%

Jobs based in Ocilla, 2013 → 2023: 1,376 → 1,549. 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.