Work & commute · Sycamore

Work & commute in Sycamore, GA

Most working residents leave Sycamore for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tifton (17%), Ashburn (10%) and Cordele (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 218 Sycamore residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sycamore.

218live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sycamore goes to work

Tifton16 mi away

17%37

Ashburn2.8 mi away

10%23

Cordele21.2 mi away

6%14

Albany32.5 mi away

5%10

Sycamore (in town)right here

2%4

Valdosta60.5 mi away

2%4

Atlanta151.6 mi away

2%4

Vienna30.4 mi away

1%3

Adel39.8 mi away

1%3

Moultrie35.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%117

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

How far

How far Sycamore commutes

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

20%

37%

17%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sycamore is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sycamore are

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

Jobs based in Sycamore

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sycamore residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−2%

Jobs based in Sycamore, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 178. 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.