For more than half of its working residents, Antioch is a commute to Columbus
3% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. Hardly any work in Antioch; the top destination outside it is Columbus (52%, 16 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way; Georgia averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Antioch: the gist
More than half of Antioch works in Columbus
127 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Columbus, 16 miles away. That’s far more as work in Antioch itself. The commute map ↓
Antioch is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Antioch, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Antioch workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 246 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Antioch to work: where people go
Where Antioch clocks in
52% of workers
3% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Antioch on a workday afternoon
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Antioch on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Antioch: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Antioch workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Jobs in Antioch: what the 72 are
72 jobs are based in Antioch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Antioch, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 72. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Antioch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Antioch to work
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Antioch: questions
What is the median household income in Antioch?
$167,570 (±$50,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Antioch?
2.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Antioch?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Antioch work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (52%, 16 mi), Hamilton (3%, 12 mi), LaGrange (2%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Antioch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Antioch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Antioch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.