Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Bethlehem has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 593 people commute in to work
Working residents average 29 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. Employers in Bethlehem report 600 jobs for 332 working residents. Only 2% work in Bethlehem itself; outside it, Winder draws the most (9%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bethlehem: the figures worth knowing
Bethlehem makes and builds things
91% of the jobs based in Bethlehem are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bethlehem residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Bethlehem is where the jobs are
Bethlehem has 600 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Bethlehem than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bethlehem fell from 1,204 in 2013 to 600 in 2023, −50%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 332 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Bethlehem, 91% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bethlehem, 2013 → 2023: 1,204 → 600. 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 Bethlehem’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bethlehem on a workday afternoon
On a workday 325 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Bethlehem on a workday afternoon, 33% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Bethlehem
Where Bethlehem clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Commuting from Bethlehem: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bethlehem workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 324 commuters (the 10% 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 Bethlehem commutes
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.
Bethlehem and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Winder. Darker towns draw more of Bethlehem’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bethlehem: questions
What is the median household income in Bethlehem?
$61,875 (±$24,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bethlehem?
9.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bethlehem?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bethlehem work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winder (9%, 4 mi), Athens (8%, 20 mi), Lawrenceville (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bethlehem without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bethlehem, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bethlehem
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.