Work & commute · Tifton

Work & commute in Tifton, GA

About one in 3 of Tifton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Valdosta (4%), Albany (3%) and Moultrie (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

2,036 of 6,108 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,072 Tifton residents head out of town to work, 2,036 work right here, and 9,690 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tifton.

4,072live here, work elsewhere

2,036live and work here

9,690work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tifton goes to work

Tifton (in town)right here

33%2,036

Valdosta44.6 mi away

4%247

Albany39.4 mi away

3%172

Moultrie25.2 mi away

2%135

Douglas39.4 mi away

2%114

Atlanta167.4 mi away

2%93

Fitzgerald23.5 mi away

1%74

Macon-Bibb County93.6 mi away

1%68

Adel24 mi away

1%53

Ashburn18.8 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,067

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

How far

How far Tifton commutes

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

53%

16%

23%

53%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tifton is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tifton are

11,726 jobs are based in Tifton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tifton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tifton

11,726 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Tifton residents hold

6,108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+3%

Jobs based in Tifton, 2013 → 2023: 11,430 → 11,726. 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.