Work & commute · Pelham

Work & commute in Pelham, GA

Most working residents leave Pelham for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Camilla (16%), Thomasville (9%) and Albany (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

147 of 1,339 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,192 Pelham residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 728 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pelham.

1,192live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

728work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pelham goes to work

Camilla8.2 mi away

16%219

Pelham (in town)right here

11%147

Thomasville22.3 mi away

9%122

Albany31.2 mi away

5%70

Moultrie21.6 mi away

5%62

Cairo17.4 mi away

3%41

Tallahassee, FL46.9 mi away

2%29

Valdosta55.1 mi away

2%29

Bainbridge29.3 mi away

2%24

Columbus104.6 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%576

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

How far

How far Pelham commutes

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

32%

25%

17%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pelham 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 Pelham are

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

Jobs based in Pelham

875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Pelham residents hold

1,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−41%

Jobs based in Pelham, 2013 → 2023: 1,494 → 875. 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.