Work, pay and getting to work in Eagle Grove
0% of workers have no commute at all; Georgia has 16%. Hardly any work in Eagle Grove itself; outside it, Hartwell draws the most (17%, 6 miles). Eagle Grove has 89 jobs for 58 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Eagle Grove
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 66 people are in Eagle Grove on a workday afternoon, 89% more than live here.
1.5 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 towns that send workers to Eagle Grove
Where Eagle Grove clocks in
17% 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 kinds of work in Eagle Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Grove, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 89. 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 Eagle Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Eagle Grove
of Eagle Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Eagle Grove
About 30% 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 Eagle Grove: questions
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Grove?
0.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Eagle Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartwell (17%, 6 mi), Lavonia (7%, 12 mi), Athens (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagle Grove 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 Eagle Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Grove
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.