Work & commute · Roberta

Work & commute in Roberta, GA

Most working residents leave Roberta for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Macon-Bibb County (19%), Warner Robins (7%) and Atlanta (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 280 Roberta residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 443 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roberta.

280live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

443work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roberta goes to work

Macon-Bibb County19.4 mi away

19%58

Roberta (in town)right here

9%27

Warner Robins22.3 mi away

7%21

Atlanta75.9 mi away

4%13

Thomaston21.9 mi away

2%7

Fort Valley13.9 mi away

2%6

Peachtree Corners87.1 mi away

1%4

Hapeville69 mi away

1%3

Smyrna84.2 mi away

1%3

Douglasville80.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%162

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

How far

How far Roberta commutes

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

15%

34%

44%

15%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roberta is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Roberta are

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

Jobs based in Roberta

470 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Roberta residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−35%

Jobs based in Roberta, 2013 → 2023: 718 → 470. 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.