Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Du Pont, GA
The average commute takes 39 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Georgia 16%). Hardly any work in Du Pont; the top destination outside it is Homerville (24%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Du Pont, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Du Pont on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.63 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 Du Pont’s residents
Where Du Pont clocks in
24% 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.
What work there is in Du Pont: 32 jobs
32 jobs are based in Du Pont.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Du Pont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Du Pont, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Du Pont workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 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 far Du Pont goes to work
About 29% 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 Du Pont: questions
What is the median household income in Du Pont?
$26,384 (±$2,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Du Pont?
52.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Du Pont?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Du Pont work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Homerville (24%, 8 mi), Fargo (4%, 27 mi), Lakeland (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Du Pont 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 Du Pont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Du Pont
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.