Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Bainbridge earn less than those in 92% of U.S. towns
24.1% of residents are in poverty, against 13.4% across Georgia. For jobs and income Bainbridge is better than 5% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B). Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bainbridge, in brief
Commutes from Bainbridge are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Bainbridge draws workers from far and wide
The 5,857 jobs in Bainbridge are filled from a wide area. Bainbridge’s own residents hold 30% and the ten next-biggest home towns 8%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Bainbridge workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Bainbridge’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Bainbridge: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Bainbridge’s grade up (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (9.8%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bainbridge could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The daily trip from Bainbridge: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bainbridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,417 commuters (the 5% 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.
7% of working residents work in Tallahassee
Where Bainbridge clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
What the 5,857 jobs in Bainbridge are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bainbridge, 2013 → 2023: 6,221 → 5,857. 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 Bainbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Bainbridge, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,368 residents head out to work, 1,742 work right here, and 4,115 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
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 in the region Bainbridge works
About 28% 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.
Getting around Bainbridge: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,671 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.3% of Bainbridge households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bainbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bainbridge compares with U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 314 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 390 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 430 | North Druid Hills GA | 17,997 | $103K | 11.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,343 | Waycross GA | 13,936 | $38K | 32.7% | 11.6% | 33% | D− |
| 2,344 | Milledgeville GA | 16,835 | $42K | 40.5% | 6.9% | 30% | D− |
| 2,345 | Bainbridge GA | 14,606 | $45K | 24.1% | 9.8% | 34% | D− |
| 2,346 | Jesup GA | 10,301 | $47K | 20.9% | 11.1% | 32% | D− |
| 2,347 | Sweet Home OR | 10,308 | $57K | 19.4% | 10.6% | 16% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bainbridge, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Bainbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Bainbridge?
$45,422 (±$8,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bainbridge?
24.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bainbridge?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bainbridge work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallahassee (7%, 37 mi), Albany (3%, 52 mi), Thomasville (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bainbridge walkable?
Bainbridge is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bainbridge without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bainbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bainbridge
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.