Work & commute · West Point

Work & commute in West Point, GA

Most working residents leave West Point for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are LaGrange (22%), Columbus (7%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

215 of 1,571 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,356 West Point residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 7,503 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Point.

1,356live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

7,503work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Point goes to work

LaGrange10.7 mi away

22%346

West Point (in town)right here

14%215

Columbus31 mi away

7%111

Atlanta72.7 mi away

3%52

Opelika, AL21.4 mi away

2%36

Valley, AL6.6 mi away

2%30

Auburn, AL28.6 mi away

2%28

Lanett, AL4.7 mi away

1%23

Huguley, AL6.8 mi away

1%18

Marietta80.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%697

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

How far

How far West Point commutes

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

22%

30%

16%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Point is a job hub

4.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Point are

7,718 jobs are based in West Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Point

7,718 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs West Point residents hold

1,571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+17%

Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 6,571 → 7,718. 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.