Work & commute · Uvalda

Work & commute in Uvalda, GA

Most working residents leave Uvalda for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (21%), Lyons (6%) and Baxley (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 147 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 143 Uvalda residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Uvalda.

143live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Uvalda goes to work

Vidalia13.5 mi away

21%31

Lyons15.9 mi away

6%9

Baxley21 mi away

3%5

Uvalda (in town)right here

3%4

Dublin42.3 mi away

3%4

Statesboro50.9 mi away

3%4

Macon-Bibb County87.3 mi away

3%4

Alamo17.6 mi away

2%3

Mount Vernon11.4 mi away

2%3

Hazlehurst13.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%77

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

How far

How far Uvalda commutes

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

51%

10%

32%

8%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Uvalda is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Uvalda are

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

Jobs based in Uvalda

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Uvalda residents hold

147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+28%

Jobs based in Uvalda, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 88. 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.