Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Eastman has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 3,038 people come in to work
3,544 jobs are based in Eastman for 1,594 working residents. The two grades for Eastman are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Eastman is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Eastman
Commutes from Eastman are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Eastman is where the jobs are
Eastman has 3,544 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Eastman workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Eastman’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Eastman
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eastman is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #186 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Eastman’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($52,394, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eastman could be anywhere from D to B−.
About 17 minutes each way for Eastman’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eastman workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,013 commuters (the 9% 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.
Eastman by day and by night
On a workday 1,088 residents head out to work and 506 work right here.
About 7,500 people are in Eastman on a workday afternoon, 35% more 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.
The kinds of work in Eastman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eastman, 2013 → 2023: 3,754 → 3,544. 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 Eastman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Eastman’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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.
Commuting in to Eastman: where workers come from
Where Eastman clocks in
7% 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.
Few in Eastman walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eastman is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #138 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 2,207 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). 8.6% of Eastman households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eastman’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Eastman ranks: 2,913th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 397 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,911 | Delhi NY | 5,545 | $63K | 13.4% | 4.9% | 32% | C− |
| 2,912 | Benton Park CA | 5,707 | $50K | 37.0% | 6.7% | 1% | C− |
| 2,913 | Eastman GA | 5,572 | $52K | 15.3% | 4.0% | 32% | C− |
| 2,914 | Humboldt IA | 4,675 | $75K | 15.9% | 7.8% | 35% | C− |
| 2,915 | Somerset PA | 5,815 | $47K | 17.2% | 5.1% | 25% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Eastman, 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 Eastman: questions
What is the median household income in Eastman?
$52,394 (±$8,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eastman?
15.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eastman?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eastman work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dublin (7%, 27 mi), Warner Robins (4%, 40 mi), Macon-Bibb County (4%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eastman walkable?
Eastman is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eastman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eastman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eastman
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.