Photo: The Bushranger · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Attapulgus
Only 1% work in Attapulgus itself; outside it, Bainbridge draws the most (17%, 12 miles). 0% of workers work from home (Georgia 16%). A typical one-way commute from Attapulgus lasts 47 minutes (Georgia 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Attapulgus on a workday
On a workday 159 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Attapulgus on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Attapulgus’s workers come from
Where Attapulgus clocks in
17% of workers
16% of workers
4% 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.
92% of the jobs in Attapulgus pay over $3,333 a month
249 jobs are based in Attapulgus.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Attapulgus, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 249. 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 Attapulgus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 47 minutes from Attapulgus
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Attapulgus workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Attapulgus commutes
About 27% 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 Attapulgus: questions
What is the median household income in Attapulgus?
$38,750 (±$16,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Attapulgus?
55.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Attapulgus?
47 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Attapulgus work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bainbridge (17%, 12 mi), Tallahassee (16%, 25 mi), Quincy (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Attapulgus without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Attapulgus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Attapulgus
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.