Household incomes in Bogart are higher than in 68% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 16% across Georgia. 7.9% of residents live below the poverty line (Georgia 13.4%). The two grades for Bogart are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bogart: the gist
Bogart and Athens trade workers both ways
Athens is the top workplace for Bogart residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Bogart come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bogart are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia 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 584 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Bogart’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bogart is better than 73% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bogart’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Bogart’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bogart could be anywhere from B− to A.
33% of working residents work in Athens
Where Bogart clocks in
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.
Bogart’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bogart workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 649 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.
Who leaves Bogart for work, and who comes in
On a workday 566 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 444 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 (0.79 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.
What Bogart’s employers do
462 jobs are based in Bogart.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bogart, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 462. 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 Bogart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Bogart 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.
In Bogart, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bogart is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 683 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). 0.0% of Bogart households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bogart’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bogart next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 789th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 332 | Cataula GA | 1,522 | $124K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Clermont GA | 1,165 | $136K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 787 | Jackson Township OH | 1,152 | $93K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 788 | Little Wolf WI | 1,373 | $94K | 4.6% | 1.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 789 | Bogart GA | 1,326 | $90K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 790 | Fort Loramie OH | 1,736 | $94K | 5.8% | 2.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 791 | Hanover OH | 1,397 | $83K | 4.3% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bogart, 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 Bogart: questions
What is the median household income in Bogart?
$90,292 (±$14,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bogart?
7.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bogart?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bogart work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (33%, 10 mi), Atlanta (3%, 53 mi), Gainesville (3%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bogart walkable?
Bogart is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bogart without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bogart, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bogart
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.