Apalachee School · Photo: Cynthia Jennings · CC BY-SA 4.0Bostwick has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 23 jobs in Bostwick, against 149 working residents. Only 1% work in Bostwick itself; outside it, Athens draws the most (12%, 17 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Bostwick
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Bostwick on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where people from Bostwick work
Where Bostwick clocks in
10% 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.
A place that makes things: 52% of Bostwick’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bostwick, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 23. 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 Bostwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Bostwick
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bostwick workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 99 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bostwick
About 18% 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 Bostwick: questions
What is the median household income in Bostwick?
$66,250 (±$44,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bostwick?
10.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bostwick?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bostwick work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (12%, 17 mi), Madison (10%, 11 mi), Monroe (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bostwick without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bostwick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bostwick
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.