Work, pay and getting to work in Cobbtown
A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Georgia. Only 2% work in Cobbtown itself; outside it, Reidsville draws the most (7%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Cobbtown
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Cobbtown on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Cobbtown goes to work
Where Cobbtown clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Cobbtown works in goods: 86% of its jobs
87 jobs are based in Cobbtown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cobbtown, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 87. 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 Cobbtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cobbtown: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cobbtown workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 1% 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 distance from Cobbtown to work
About 36% 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 Cobbtown: questions
What is the median household income in Cobbtown?
$51,667 (±$8,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cobbtown?
8.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cobbtown?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cobbtown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reidsville (7%, 13 mi), Vidalia (5%, 16 mi), Savannah (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cobbtown without a car?
0% 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 Cobbtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cobbtown
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.