Work & commute · Sylvester

Work & commute in Sylvester, GA

Most working residents leave Sylvester for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (16%), Tifton (6%) and Moultrie (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

354 of 1,985 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,631 Sylvester residents head out of town to work, 354 work right here, and 1,650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sylvester.

1,631live here, work elsewhere

354live and work here

1,650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sylvester goes to work

Sylvester (in town)right here

18%354

Albany20.4 mi away

16%319

Tifton19.1 mi away

6%116

Moultrie24.3 mi away

4%71

Camilla30.1 mi away

2%35

Columbus91.1 mi away

2%33

Tallahassee, FL78.4 mi away

1%27

Atlanta158 mi away

1%26

Cordele29.7 mi away

1%25

Valdosta57.3 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%955

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

How far

How far Sylvester commutes

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

22%

38%

14%

26%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sylvester is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sylvester are

2,004 jobs are based in Sylvester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sylvester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sylvester

2,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Sylvester residents hold

1,985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+1%

Jobs based in Sylvester, 2013 → 2023: 1,980 → 2,004. 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.