Unemployment in Bonanza (11.2%) is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 22.2 in Atlanta. For jobs and income Bonanza is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). Hardly any stay in Bonanza for work; outside it, Atlanta is the main destination (16%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bonanza at work: what stands out
Why Bonanza gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Bonanza’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bonanza could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Bonanza on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,767 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Bonanza on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Bonanza goes to work
Where Bonanza clocks in
16% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Bonanza
290 jobs are based in Bonanza.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bonanza, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 290. 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 Bonanza’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, about the GA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bonanza workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,306 commuters (the 20% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Bonanza
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Bonanza
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,623 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.9% of Bonanza households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Bonanza’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bonanza is 2,990th among 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 262 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 339 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,988 | Monongahela PA | 4,041 | $60K | 12.3% | 6.9% | 6% | C |
| 2,989 | Croghan NY | 3,178 | $72K | 14.4% | 2.8% | 10% | C |
| 2,990 | Bonanza GA | 3,279 | $60K | 11.7% | 11.2% | 1% | C |
| 2,991 | Pearisburg VA | 2,873 | $76K | 11.9% | 4.2% | 17% | C |
| 2,992 | Hornellsville NY | 3,892 | $73K | 8.4% | 6.3% | 13% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bonanza, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door to Bonanza
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Bonanza’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 Bonanza: questions
What is the median household income in Bonanza?
$60,260 (±$8,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bonanza?
11.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bonanza?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bonanza work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (16%, 22 mi), College Park (5%, 14 mi), Jonesboro (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bonanza walkable?
Bonanza is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bonanza without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bonanza, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bonanza
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.