Work & commute · Summerville

Work & commute in Summerville, GA

Most working residents leave Summerville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are LaFayette (13%), Rome (10%) and Calhoun (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

201 of 1,760 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 1,559 Summerville residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 1,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summerville.

1,559live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

1,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summerville goes to work

LaFayette16.4 mi away

13%232

Summerville (in town)right here

11%201

Rome17.4 mi away

10%180

Calhoun23.7 mi away

3%55

Atlanta72.5 mi away

3%52

Dalton29.3 mi away

3%48

Sandy Springs67.6 mi away

1%23

Cartersville38 mi away

1%22

Marietta58.7 mi away

1%21

Alpharetta67.6 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%905

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

How far

How far Summerville commutes

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

22%

34%

11%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summerville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Summerville are

1,708 jobs are based in Summerville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Summerville

1,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Summerville residents hold

1,760 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−41%

Jobs based in Summerville, 2013 → 2023: 2,885 → 1,708. 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.