Work & commute · Talbotton

Work & commute in Talbotton, GA

Most working residents leave Talbotton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (25%), LaGrange (3%) and West Point (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 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 283 Talbotton residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Talbotton.

283live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Talbotton goes to work

Columbus22.6 mi away

25%77

Talbotton (in town)right here

8%24

LaGrange37.7 mi away

3%9

West Point38.1 mi away

3%8

Waverly Hall10.9 mi away

2%6

Thomaston19.3 mi away

2%6

Atlanta75.3 mi away

2%6

Marietta88.2 mi away

1%4

Peachtree City49.4 mi away

1%4

Newnan50.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%159

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

How far

How far Talbotton commutes

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

11%

24%

28%

37%

11%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Talbotton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Talbotton are

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

Jobs based in Talbotton

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Talbotton residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+27%

Jobs based in Talbotton, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 290. 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.