Work & commute · Soperton

Work & commute in Soperton, GA

Most working residents leave Soperton for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (14%), Dublin (10%) and Lyons (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

137 of 954 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 817 Soperton residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 611 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Soperton.

817live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

611work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Soperton goes to work

Vidalia16 mi away

14%138

Soperton (in town)right here

14%137

Dublin22.3 mi away

10%95

Lyons19.9 mi away

3%30

Macon-Bibb County70.6 mi away

3%25

Stillmore22.6 mi away

2%18

Swainsboro20.8 mi away

2%17

Atlanta142.7 mi away

1%13

Savannah85.7 mi away

1%12

Warner Robins63.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%460

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

How far

How far Soperton commutes

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

20%

40%

32%

20%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Soperton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Soperton are

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

Jobs based in Soperton

748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Soperton residents hold

954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+45%

Jobs based in Soperton, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 748. 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.