Work & commute · Santa Claus

Work & commute in Santa Claus, GA

Most working residents leave Santa Claus for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (40%), Lyons (16%) and Metter (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 105 Santa Claus residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Claus.

105live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Claus goes to work

Vidalia5.1 mi away

40%42

Lyons2.4 mi away

16%17

Metter22 mi away

3%3

Swainsboro28.7 mi away

2%2

Albany115.8 mi away

2%2

Gray90.9 mi away

1%1

Brooks145.7 mi away

1%1

Ashburn83.9 mi away

1%1

Hawkinsville67.8 mi away

1%1

Norcross163.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%34

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

How far

How far Santa Claus commutes

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

61%

26%

61%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Claus is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Claus are

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

Jobs based in Santa Claus

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Santa Claus residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−25%

Jobs based in Santa Claus, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 6. 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.