Work & commute · Waycross

Work & commute in Waycross, GA

About one in 3 of Waycross’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Douglas (3%), Blackshear (3%) and Valdosta (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,694 of 5,076 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 3,382 Waycross residents head out of town to work, 1,694 work right here, and 8,474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waycross.

3,382live here, work elsewhere

1,694live and work here

8,474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waycross goes to work

Waycross (in town)right here

33%1,694

Douglas35.7 mi away

3%153

Blackshear8.3 mi away

3%149

Valdosta60 mi away

3%128

Jacksonville, FL73.2 mi away

2%122

Brunswick52.9 mi away

2%77

Deenwood2.5 mi away

1%66

Tifton70.8 mi away

1%58

Folkston33 mi away

1%55

Jesup38 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,524

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

How far

How far Waycross commutes

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

50%

11%

35%

50%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waycross is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waycross are

10,168 jobs are based in Waycross. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waycross’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waycross

10,168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Waycross residents hold

5,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+1%

Jobs based in Waycross, 2013 → 2023: 10,052 → 10,168. 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.