Work & commute · Sparks

Work & commute in Sparks, GA

Most working residents leave Sparks for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Adel (20%), Valdosta (12%) and Tifton (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 739 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 736 Sparks residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sparks.

736live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sparks goes to work

Adel3.2 mi away

20%146

Valdosta24 mi away

12%90

Tifton20.8 mi away

6%47

Nashville11.8 mi away

5%35

Moultrie20.7 mi away

4%26

Douglas41.7 mi away

2%15

Albany51.7 mi away

2%14

Thomasville39.1 mi away

1%9

Macon-Bibb County114.3 mi away

1%9

Atlanta188.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%339

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

How far

How far Sparks commutes

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

30%

34%

13%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sparks is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sparks are

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

Jobs based in Sparks

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Sparks residents hold

739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−20%

Jobs based in Sparks, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 75. 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.