Notchaway Baptist Church and Cemetery · Photo: Justshea · CC BY-SA 4.0Boykin has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Boykin report 23 jobs; 61 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Boykin itself; outside it, Colquitt draws the most (18%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Boykin
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Boykin on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Out of Boykin to work: where people go
Where Boykin clocks in
18% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 91% of work in Boykin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Boykin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Boykin
of Boykin workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Boykin, by distance
About 30% 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 Boykin: questions
What is the median household income in Boykin?
$18,500 (±$13,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boykin?
0.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Boykin work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colquitt (18%, 5 mi), Donalsonville (10%, 12 mi), Bainbridge (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boykin 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 Boykin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boykin
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.