Work & commute · Patterson

Work & commute in Patterson, GA

Most working residents leave Patterson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waycross (16%), Blackshear (15%) and Jesup (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 279 Patterson residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patterson.

279live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patterson goes to work

Waycross17.8 mi away

16%46

Blackshear9.5 mi away

15%43

Jesup20.2 mi away

7%21

Patterson (in town)right here

5%15

Alma22.8 mi away

4%11

Jacksonville, FL77.7 mi away

2%5

Douglas43.2 mi away

2%5

Valdosta77.1 mi away

2%5

Offerman2.1 mi away

1%4

Brunswick43.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%135

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

How far

How far Patterson commutes

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

25%

37%

14%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patterson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Patterson are

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

Jobs based in Patterson

242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Patterson residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+11%

Jobs based in Patterson, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 242. 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.