How Dooling works: jobs, income and commuting
The Census job records count 13 working residents of Dooling and no jobs based in it. 0% of workers work from home, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Dooling; the top destination outside it is Hawkinsville (8%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Dooling
On a workday 13 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 55 people are in Dooling on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Commuting out of Dooling: the destinations
Where Dooling clocks in
8% 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.
Working from home in Dooling
of Dooling workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 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.
Half of Dooling commutes less than 33 miles
About 38% 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 Dooling: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dooling?
16.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dooling work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hawkinsville (8%, 27 mi), Vienna (8%, 13 mi), Baxley (8%, 98 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dooling without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 35% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dooling, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dooling
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.