Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes put Colquitt near the very bottom of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Colquitt is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. 46.0% of residents live below the poverty line, where Georgia as a whole has 13.4%. Colquitt grades D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Colquitt apart
Colquitt is where the jobs are
Colquitt has 1,667 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,900 people are in town, 50% more than the 1,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Colquitt’s workers comes from Blakely
95 of the people who work in Colquitt live in Blakely, 18 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 695 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Colquitt’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Colquitt is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Colquitt’s grade.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Colquitt’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Colquitt stays D−.
How a workday changes Colquitt
On a workday 509 residents head out to work, 186 work right here, and 1,481 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Colquitt on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 Colquitt’s workforce comes from
Where Colquitt clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Colquitt
About 33% 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.
The kinds of work in Colquitt
1,667 jobs are based in Colquitt.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Colquitt, 2013 → 2023: 1,412 → 1,667. 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 Colquitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Colquitt: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Colquitt workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 commuters (the 12% 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 commute in Colquitt is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Colquitt is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Georgia, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 645 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.0% of Colquitt households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Colquitt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Colquitt and other U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,203 | Aliceville AL | 2,024 | $39K | 36.9% | 13.8% | 17% | D− |
| 5,204 | Uniontown AL | 1,873 | $34K | 43.7% | 42.9% | 15% | D− |
| 5,205 | Colquitt GA | 1,937 | $26K | 46.0% | 3.6% | 27% | D− |
| 5,206 | Eureka MT | 1,562 | $39K | 31.3% | 4.2% | 26% | D− |
| 5,207 | Bayard NM | 2,048 | $34K | 34.6% | 12.8% | 11% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Colquitt, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Colquitt: questions
What is the median household income in Colquitt?
$26,375 (±$25,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Colquitt?
46.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Colquitt?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Colquitt work?
27% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bainbridge (7%, 21 mi), Donalsonville (5%, 13 mi), Albany (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Colquitt walkable?
Colquitt is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Colquitt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Colquitt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Colquitt
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.