Blythe has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Blythe; the top destination outside it is Augusta (42%, 9 miles). There are 109 jobs in Blythe, against 294 working residents. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Blythe: the gist
Blythe and Augusta trade workers both ways
Augusta is the top workplace for Blythe residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Blythe come from (39% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Blythe workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Blythe ends
Where Blythe clocks in
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.
Blythe’s commute takes about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blythe workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 303 commuters (the 7% 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.
Blythe on a workday afternoon
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Blythe on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Blythe
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blythe, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 109. 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 Blythe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Blythe commutes
About 21% 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 Blythe: questions
What is the median household income in Blythe?
$48,750 (±$10,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blythe?
10.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blythe?
43 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blythe work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (42%, 9 mi), Martinez (5%, 16 mi), Hephzibah (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blythe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blythe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blythe
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.