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Jobs & commute in Bronwood

Bronwood has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 234 people commute in to work

Only 3% stay in Bronwood for work; outside it, Albany is the main destination (15%, 21 miles). Bronwood has 238 jobs; 126 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Bronwood on a workday afternoon

On a workday 122 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.

122live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
234work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night320
Workday430
320live here− 120head out to work+ 230come in to work= 430on a workday

About 430 people are in Bronwood on a workday afternoon, 35% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.89jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting in to Bronwood: where workers come from

EufaulaTallahasseeBronwoodSmithville: 3 workers live here (1%)Shellman: 4 workers live here (2%)Dawson: 14 workers live here (6%)Leesburg: 8 workers live here (3%)Camilla: 3 workers live here (1%)Sylvester: 5 workers live here (2%)AdelAmericusTiftonMoultrie: 3 workers live here (1%)Bainbridge: 3 workers live here (1%)ValdostaAlbany: 28 workers live here (12%)AlbanyDawsonLeesburgSylvesterShellmanSmithvilleBronwood
1
Albany20.7 mi away
12%28
2
Dawson6.2 mi away
6%14
3
Leesburg13.4 mi away
3%8
4
Sylvester37.4 mi away
2%5
5
Bronwood (in town)right here
2%4
6
Shellman15.6 mi away
2%4
7
Smithville8 mi away
1%3
8
Camilla42.2 mi away
1%3
9
Moultrie56.3 mi away
1%3
10
Bainbridge65.1 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
68%163
The top trips

Where Bronwood clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

70% of the jobs in Bronwood pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in BronwoodJobs Bronwood residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%20%
Trade, transport & utilities94%29%
Services: health, schools, offices6%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%38%
Over $3,333 a month70%40%

Who does it

29 or younger29%29%
30 to 5451%46%
55 and older20%25%
+222%

Jobs based in Bronwood, 2014 → 2024: 74 → 238. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bronwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Bronwood, about 27 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
208 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bronwood27 min
Georgia28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Bronwood workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bronwood gets to work
81%Drive alone
9%Carpool
5%Walk
5%Other

Share of the 129 commuters (the 4% 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.

How far

Bronwood’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAlbany: 15% · 20.7 miDawson: 7% · 6.2 miAmericus: 4% · 18.8 miTallahassee: 3% · 95.4 miValdosta: 2% · 93.2 miEufaula: 2% · 47.2 miAdel: 2% · 73.7 miTifton: 2% · 55.8 miMoultrie: 2% · 56.3 miAlbany 15%Dawson 7%Americus 4%Tallahassee 3%Valdosta 2%Bronwood
BronwoodTop destinations (size = commuters)
22%Under 10 mi27 residents
29%10–24 mi35 residents
8%25–50 mi10 residents
41%Over 50 mi50 residents

About 41% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bronwood: questions

What is the median household income in Bronwood?

$45,625 (±$17,156) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bronwood?

25.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bronwood?

27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bronwood work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (15%, 21 mi), Dawson (7%, 6 mi), Americus (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Bronwood without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bronwood, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Bronwood

Bronwood home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.