Work & commute · Royston

Work & commute in Royston, GA

Most working residents leave Royston for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lavonia (6%), Hartwell (4%) and Commerce (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 1,099 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 997 Royston residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royston.

997live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royston goes to work

Royston (in town)right here

9%102

Lavonia10.2 mi away

6%71

Hartwell11.3 mi away

4%44

Commerce21.4 mi away

4%39

Atlanta83.4 mi away

2%20

Gainesville41 mi away

2%19

Elberton18.4 mi away

2%18

Franklin Springs2 mi away

1%14

Carnesville9.4 mi away

1%12

Toccoa23.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%748

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

How far

How far Royston commutes

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

24%

23%

18%

36%

24%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Royston are

1,427 jobs are based in Royston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Royston

1,427 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Royston residents hold

1,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+11%

Jobs based in Royston, 2013 → 2023: 1,290 → 1,427. 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.