Photo: csmith/dbb1 · CC BY-SA 3.0Deepstep has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Deepstep for work; outside it, Sandersville is the main destination (18%, 10 miles). Employers in Deepstep report 2 jobs for 28 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Deepstep quiets down on a workday
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 87 people are in Deepstep on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Out of Deepstep to work: where people go
Where Deepstep clocks in
14% 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.
Most jobs in Deepstep are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deepstep, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 2. 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 Deepstep’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Deepstep
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deepstep workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 0% 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 many miles Deepstep commutes
About 18% 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 Deepstep: questions
What is the median household income in Deepstep?
$65,000 (±$24,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deepstep?
0.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deepstep?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deepstep work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandersville (18%, 10 mi), Milledgeville (14%, 16 mi), Tennille (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deepstep without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deepstep, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deepstep
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.