With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Cadwell works elsewhere
2% of workers have no commute at all, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. Cadwell has 30 jobs, against 162 working residents. Only 1% work in Cadwell; the top destination outside it is Dublin (20%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cadwell by day
On a workday 160 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Cadwell on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Commuting out of Cadwell: the destinations
Where Cadwell clocks in
20% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Cadwell: what the 30 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cadwell, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 30. 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 Cadwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Cadwell
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cadwell workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 126 commuters (the 2% 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 Cadwell
About 37% 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 Cadwell: questions
What is the median household income in Cadwell?
$45,625 (±$20,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cadwell?
27.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cadwell?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cadwell work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dublin (20%, 15 mi), Eastman (4%, 12 mi), Vidalia (3%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cadwell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cadwell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cadwell
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.