Work & commute · Waco

Work & commute in Waco, GA

Most working residents leave Waco for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (17%), Bremen (14%) and Tallapoosa (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 216 Waco residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waco.

216live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waco goes to work

Carrollton10.3 mi away

17%38

Bremen2.4 mi away

14%31

Tallapoosa6.1 mi away

5%10

Villa Rica15.8 mi away

5%10

Douglasville28.2 mi away

4%8

Atlanta44.3 mi away

2%5

Vinings42.9 mi away

2%4

College Park42 mi away

1%3

Marietta41 mi away

1%3

Sandy Springs49.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%103

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

How far

How far Waco commutes

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

30%

25%

27%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waco is a job hub

1.60jobs 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 Waco are

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

Jobs based in Waco

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Waco residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+1482%

Jobs based in Waco, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 348. 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.