Work & commute · Pearson

Work & commute in Pearson, GA

Most working residents leave Pearson for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Douglas (20%), Willacoochee (6%) and Valdosta (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

100 of 561 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 461 Pearson residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 735 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearson.

461live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

735work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearson goes to work

Douglas14.4 mi away

20%113

Pearson (in town)right here

18%100

Willacoochee11.5 mi away

6%34

Valdosta39.8 mi away

3%19

Jacksonville, FL97 mi away

2%12

Waycross29.9 mi away

2%9

Atlanta193.3 mi away

2%9

Nashville24 mi away

1%8

Macon-Bibb County115.5 mi away

1%8

Savannah109.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%243

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

How far

How far Pearson commutes

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

22%

36%

13%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearson are

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

Jobs based in Pearson

835 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Pearson residents hold

561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−6%

Jobs based in Pearson, 2013 → 2023: 888 → 835. 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.