Work & commute · Whitesburg

Work & commute in Whitesburg, GA

Most working residents leave Whitesburg for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (19%), Atlanta (6%) and Newnan (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 276 Whitesburg residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitesburg.

276live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitesburg goes to work

Carrollton11.5 mi away

19%52

Atlanta33.9 mi away

6%18

Newnan11.3 mi away

4%12

Douglasville20.9 mi away

4%11

Villa Rica16.3 mi away

4%10

Marietta38.4 mi away

2%6

Temple17.9 mi away

2%5

Mableton29.5 mi away

1%4

Sandy Springs43.6 mi away

1%4

Columbus67.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%153

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

How far

How far Whitesburg commutes

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

13%

44%

29%

15%

13%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitesburg is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitesburg are

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

Jobs based in Whitesburg

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Whitesburg residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+31%

Jobs based in Whitesburg, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 166. 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.