Work & commute · Tiger

Work & commute in Tiger, GA

Most working residents leave Tiger for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clayton (13%), Gainesville (4%) and Toccoa (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 152 Tiger residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tiger.

152live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tiger goes to work

Clayton2.7 mi away

13%21

Gainesville44.5 mi away

4%6

Tiger (in town)right here

3%4

Toccoa19.2 mi away

3%4

Franklin, NC23.2 mi away

3%4

Clarkesville17.1 mi away

2%3

Atlanta93.8 mi away

2%3

Highlands, NC19.6 mi away

2%3

Demorest20.5 mi away

1%2

Tallulah Falls8.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%104

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

How far

How far Tiger commutes

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

42%

15%

34%

42%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tiger is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tiger are

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

Jobs based in Tiger

212 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Tiger residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+61%

Jobs based in Tiger, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 212. 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.