Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Coolidge
6% of workers have no commute at all; Georgia has 16%. Only 3% stay in Coolidge for work; outside it, Thomasville is the main destination (31%, 14 miles). Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Coolidge by day
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Coolidge on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
The towns that employ Coolidge’s residents
Where Coolidge clocks in
31% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 60% of Coolidge’s jobs are in goods
111 jobs are based in Coolidge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coolidge, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 111. 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 Coolidge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Coolidge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coolidge workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 371 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Coolidge
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 Coolidge: questions
What is the median household income in Coolidge?
$59,063 (±$21,003) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coolidge?
20.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coolidge?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coolidge work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thomasville (31%, 14 mi), Moultrie (4%, 12 mi), Tallahassee (4%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coolidge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coolidge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coolidge
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.