Work & commute · Wrightsville

Work & commute in Wrightsville, GA

Most working residents leave Wrightsville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Dublin (9%), Sandersville (5%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

188 of 1,094 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 906 Wrightsville residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrightsville.

906live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrightsville goes to work

Wrightsville (in town)right here

17%188

Dublin18 mi away

9%99

Sandersville18.3 mi away

5%52

Atlanta121.7 mi away

3%38

Macon-Bibb County56.9 mi away

3%34

Swainsboro24.4 mi away

2%22

Milledgeville39.2 mi away

1%16

Warner Robins55.2 mi away

1%12

Wadley20.7 mi away

1%10

Vidalia40.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%613

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

How far

How far Wrightsville commutes

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

20%

24%

12%

44%

20%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrightsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrightsville are

1,008 jobs are based in Wrightsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wrightsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wrightsville

1,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Wrightsville residents hold

1,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−22%

Jobs based in Wrightsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,291 → 1,008. 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.