Work & commute · Oglethorpe

Work & commute in Oglethorpe, GA

Most working residents leave Oglethorpe for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Montezuma (6%), Macon-Bibb County (6%) and Americus (6%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 216 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 207 Oglethorpe residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oglethorpe.

207live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oglethorpe goes to work

Montezuma2.6 mi away

6%13

Macon-Bibb County41.6 mi away

6%13

Americus17.8 mi away

6%12

Oglethorpe (in town)right here

4%9

Fort Valley20.8 mi away

4%9

Columbus49.7 mi away

3%7

Vienna21.3 mi away

2%5

Ellaville14.9 mi away

2%4

Dublin68.2 mi away

2%4

Atlanta103.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%136

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

How far

How far Oglethorpe commutes

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

17%

21%

40%

17%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe are

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

Jobs based in Oglethorpe

454 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Oglethorpe residents hold

216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−29%

Jobs based in Oglethorpe, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 454. 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.