Work & commute · Whigham

Work & commute in Whigham, GA

Most working residents leave Whigham for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cairo (18%), Thomasville (14%) and Tallahassee (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 166 Whigham residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whigham.

166live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whigham goes to work

Cairo7.2 mi away

18%31

Thomasville20.9 mi away

14%25

Tallahassee, FL30.1 mi away

11%19

Bainbridge14.6 mi away

5%8

Whigham (in town)right here

4%7

Moultrie37.8 mi away

1%2

Albany48.8 mi away

1%2

Bessemer, AL231.2 mi away

1%1

Troy, AL115.7 mi away

1%1

Havana, FL18.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%76

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

How far

How far Whigham commutes

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

32%

33%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whigham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whigham are

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

Jobs based in Whigham

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Whigham residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−19%

Jobs based in Whigham, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 158. 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.