Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Colbert has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. Colbert has 94 jobs, against 269 working residents. Hardly any work in Colbert; the top destination outside it is Athens (40%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Colbert apart
40% of Colbert works in Athens
108 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Athens, 11 miles away. That’s far more as work in Colbert itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Colbert are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 269 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Colbert goes to work
Where Colbert clocks in
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.
Colbert’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colbert workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 21% 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 a workday changes Colbert
On a workday 268 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Colbert on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
What Colbert’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colbert, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 94. 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 Colbert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Colbert commutes less than 13 miles
About 19% 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 Colbert: questions
What is the median household income in Colbert?
$75,469 (±$15,100) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colbert?
29.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colbert?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colbert work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (40%, 11 mi), Danielsville (4%, 6 mi), Atlanta (3%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Colbert 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 Colbert, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colbert
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.