George W. Jackson House · Photo: Blastoids · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Baconton commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
3% of workers work from home (Georgia 16%). 45 jobs are based in Baconton; 286 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Baconton; the top destination outside it is Albany (26%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Baconton
Baconton is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Baconton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Baconton has about 590 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Baconton 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 286 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Baconton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Baconton on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 29 minutes each way for Baconton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baconton workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 323 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.
Where Baconton’s working residents head each day
Where Baconton clocks in
26% of workers
12% 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.
Goods, not services: 58% of the jobs in Baconton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baconton, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 45. 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 Baconton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Baconton commutes
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 Baconton: questions
What is the median household income in Baconton?
$56,667 (±$24,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baconton?
15.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baconton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baconton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (26%, 14 mi), Camilla (12%, 10 mi), Thomasville (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baconton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baconton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baconton
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.