Most of Brooks commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, where Georgia has 28 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Brooks report 168 jobs, and 298 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Brooks itself; outside it, Fayetteville draws the most (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Brooks
On a workday 287 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Brooks on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Brooks’ working residents head each day
Where Brooks clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
65% of the jobs in Brooks pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooks, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 168. 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 Brooks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooks workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 19% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brooks
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 Brooks: questions
What is the median household income in Brooks?
$105,714 (±$20,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooks?
7.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooks?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooks work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (11%, 11 mi), Peachtree City (7%, 10 mi), Atlanta (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooks without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooks
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.