Work & commute · Pine Mountain

Work & commute in Pine Mountain, GA

Most working residents leave Pine Mountain for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (15%), LaGrange (14%) and West Point (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 457 Pine Mountain residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Mountain.

457live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Mountain goes to work

Columbus23.9 mi away

15%73

LaGrange16 mi away

14%67

West Point17.1 mi away

9%42

Pine Mountain (in town)right here

5%23

Atlanta67.4 mi away

4%19

Hamilton6.4 mi away

2%9

Marietta77.9 mi away

2%8

Newnan36.2 mi away

2%8

Opelika, AL33.5 mi away

1%6

Manchester12.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%219

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

How far

How far Pine Mountain commutes

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

11%

41%

17%

30%

11%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Mountain is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Pine Mountain

642 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Pine Mountain residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+145%

Jobs based in Pine Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 642. 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.