Work & commute · Wrens

Work & commute in Wrens, GA

Most working residents leave Wrens for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Louisville (5%), Martinez (3%) and Thomson (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

97 of 728 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 631 Wrens residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 859 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrens.

631live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

859work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrens goes to work

Wrens (in town)right here

13%97

Louisville14.9 mi away

5%38

Martinez27.2 mi away

3%22

Thomson19.1 mi away

3%21

Waynesboro23 mi away

2%16

Wadley23.7 mi away

2%14

Savannah107.9 mi away

2%14

Sandersville28.8 mi away

1%10

Atlanta123.4 mi away

1%9

Evans28.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%478

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

How far

How far Wrens commutes

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

21%

28%

23%

28%

21%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrens is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrens are

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

Jobs based in Wrens

956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wrens residents hold

728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−10%

Jobs based in Wrens, 2013 → 2023: 1,060 → 956. 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.