Work & commute · Tallapoosa

Work & commute in Tallapoosa, GA

Most working residents leave Tallapoosa for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (14%), Bremen (8%) and Villa Rica (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

146 of 1,310 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,164 Tallapoosa residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 1,957 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tallapoosa.

1,164live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

1,957work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tallapoosa goes to work

Carrollton15.9 mi away

14%179

Tallapoosa (in town)right here

11%146

Bremen8.1 mi away

8%107

Villa Rica21.3 mi away

3%42

Atlanta49.7 mi away

3%36

Buchanan7.6 mi away

3%33

Marietta45.3 mi away

2%26

Douglasville33.7 mi away

2%24

Rome37 mi away

2%21

Mableton41.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%680

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

How far

How far Tallapoosa commutes

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

27%

25%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tallapoosa is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tallapoosa are

2,103 jobs are based in Tallapoosa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tallapoosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tallapoosa

2,103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Tallapoosa residents hold

1,310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+148%

Jobs based in Tallapoosa, 2013 → 2023: 849 → 2,103. 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.