Work & commute · Sparta

Work & commute in Sparta, GA

Most working residents leave Sparta for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Milledgeville (8%), Atlanta (3%) and Madison (2%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 412 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 380 Sparta residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sparta.

380live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sparta goes to work

Sparta (in town)right here

8%32

Milledgeville20.4 mi away

8%32

Atlanta90.1 mi away

3%14

Madison35.8 mi away

2%10

Eatonton24.4 mi away

2%10

Macon-Bibb County53 mi away

2%8

Savannah135.3 mi away

2%7

Sandersville22.6 mi away

1%5

Hardwick22.8 mi away

1%5

Greensboro23.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%285

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

How far

How far Sparta commutes

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

20%

23%

12%

45%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sparta is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sparta are

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

Jobs based in Sparta

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Sparta residents hold

412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−50%

Jobs based in Sparta, 2013 → 2023: 767 → 384. 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.