Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Dublin trail those of 94% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. 36.3% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.4% for Georgia as a whole. For jobs and income Dublin is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dublin
Dublin is where the jobs are
Dublin has 12,785 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 23,000 people are in town, 40% more than the 17,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dublin draws workers from far and wide
The 12,785 jobs in Dublin are filled from a wide area. Dublin’s own residents hold 17% and the ten next-biggest home towns 11%; the other 72% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Dublin are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Dublin
Job access by car holds Dublin’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dublin could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Dublin fills up on a workday
On a workday 3,998 residents head out to work, 2,136 work right here, and 10,649 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Dublin on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
2.1 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.
The daily trip into Dublin
Where Dublin clocks in
6% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
The trip to work from Dublin: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dublin workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,407 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.
Where in the region Dublin works
About 34% 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 12,785 jobs based in Dublin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 10,998 → 12,785. 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 Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Dublin is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,791 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). 10.2% of Dublin households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dublin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dublin next to U.S. towns of 12,000 to 22,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 150 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 320 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,862 | Ashtabula OH | 17,474 | $44K | 29.8% | 11.8% | 24% | D |
| 1,863 | Portsmouth OH | 17,282 | $35K | 35.4% | 8.2% | 35% | D |
| 1,864 | Dublin GA | 16,565 | $43K | 36.3% | 7.4% | 35% | D |
| 1,865 | Natchez MS | 14,880 | $37K | 33.7% | 6.5% | 40% | D |
| 1,866 | Rio Grande City TX | 15,451 | $45K | 30.8% | 6.8% | 29% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,888 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Dublin, 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 Dublin: questions
What is the median household income in Dublin?
$42,988 (±$8,109) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dublin?
36.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dublin?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dublin work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macon-Bibb County (6%, 48 mi), Atlanta (3%, 121 mi), Warner Robins (2%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dublin walkable?
Dublin is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dublin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dublin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dublin
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.