Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Brinson has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Brinson has 18 jobs for 76 working residents. Hardly any work in Brinson; the top destination outside it is Bainbridge (34%, 11 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Georgia has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Brinson: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Brinson on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Brinson work
Where Brinson clocks in
34% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Brinson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brinson, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 18. 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 Brinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Brinson’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brinson workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 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.
Half of Brinson commutes less than 13 miles
About 28% 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 Brinson: questions
What is the median household income in Brinson?
$73,750 (±$12,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brinson?
6.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brinson?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brinson work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bainbridge (34%, 11 mi), Donalsonville (7%, 9 mi), Colquitt (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brinson without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brinson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brinson
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.