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Work & commute · Wadley

Work & commute in Wadley, GA

Most working residents leave Wadley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Louisville (9%), Swainsboro (6%) and Thomson (2%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
72 of 542 working residents
Typical commute
41 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 470 Wadley residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wadley.

470live here, work elsewhere
72live and work here
894work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wadley goes to work

SummertownBartowWrensLouisvilleWrightsvilleThomsonWadleyWaynesboroSandersvilleSwainsboroDublinStatesboroSavannahLouisvilleSwainsboroThomsonWaynesboroSandersvilleSavannahDublinStatesboroWrensWadley
1
Wadley (in town)right here
13%72
2
Louisville8.8 mi away
9%51
3
Swainsboro19.7 mi away
6%31
4
Thomson42.1 mi away
2%11
5
Waynesboro27.4 mi away
2%11
6
Sandersville24.7 mi away
2%11
7
Savannah91.8 mi away
2%9
8
Dublin38.1 mi away
1%8
9
Statesboro46.9 mi away
1%8
10
Wrens23.7 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%323

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

How far

How far Wadley commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wadley is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wadley are

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

Jobs based in Wadley

966 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)63%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)23%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Wadley residents hold

542 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month40%
+28%

Jobs based in Wadley, 2013 → 2023: 753 → 966. 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.

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