Work & commute · Shady Dale

Work & commute in Shady Dale, GA

Most working residents leave Shady Dale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Monticello (9%), Covington (9%) and Madison (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 84 Shady Dale residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shady Dale.

84live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shady Dale goes to work

Monticello8.9 mi away

9%8

Covington20.6 mi away

9%8

Madison14.1 mi away

7%6

Shady Dale (in town)right here

5%4

Milledgeville29.5 mi away

5%4

Mansfield11.7 mi away

2%2

Social Circle18.5 mi away

2%2

Macon-Bibb County41.2 mi away

2%2

Atlanta54.2 mi away

2%2

Albany130.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%48

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

How far

How far Shady Dale commutes

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

19%

26%

20%

34%

19%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shady Dale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shady Dale are

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

Jobs based in Shady Dale

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Shady Dale residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−24%

Jobs based in Shady Dale, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 97. 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.