Work & commute · Willacoochee

Work & commute in Willacoochee, GA

Most working residents leave Willacoochee for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Douglas (20%), Pearson (5%) and Nashville (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

77 of 447 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 370 Willacoochee residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 770 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willacoochee.

370live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

770work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willacoochee goes to work

Douglas16.3 mi away

20%91

Willacoochee (in town)right here

17%77

Pearson11.5 mi away

5%24

Nashville14.9 mi away

2%9

Waycross41.4 mi away

2%9

Valdosta36.3 mi away

2%9

Tifton29.4 mi away

2%8

Jacksonville, FL107.2 mi away

2%7

Atlanta186 mi away

1%6

Savannah118.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%202

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

How far

How far Willacoochee commutes

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

20%

35%

18%

28%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willacoochee is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willacoochee are

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

Jobs based in Willacoochee

847 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Willacoochee residents hold

447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+112%

Jobs based in Willacoochee, 2013 → 2023: 400 → 847. 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.