Work & commute · Shellman

Work & commute in Shellman, GA

Most working residents leave Shellman for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (8%), Cuthbert (6%) and Dawson (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

38 of 334 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 296 Shellman residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shellman.

296live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shellman goes to work

Shellman (in town)right here

11%38

Albany28.7 mi away

8%28

Cuthbert10.5 mi away

6%21

Dawson10.2 mi away

5%18

Vienna53.9 mi away

4%13

Tallahassee, FL92.6 mi away

2%8

Bakerhill, AL39.9 mi away

1%5

Americus31.8 mi away

1%5

Edison15.3 mi away

1%4

Cordele51.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%190

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

How far

How far Shellman commutes

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

23%

18%

41%

23%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shellman is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shellman are

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

Jobs based in Shellman

226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Shellman residents hold

334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+33%

Jobs based in Shellman, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 226. 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.