Columbus draws about half of Ellerslie’s working residents
8% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Georgia. Jobs and income earn Ellerslie B; getting around on foot earns it D−. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ellerslie: the figures worth knowing
Nearly half of Ellerslie works in Columbus
183 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Columbus, 9.8 miles away. That’s 47 times as many as work in Ellerslie itself. The commute map ↓
Ellerslie is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Ellerslie, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ellerslie has about 720 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 388 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Ellerslie’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Ellerslie is better than 59% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Ellerslie’s grade up ($107,384, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Ellerslie’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ellerslie could be anywhere from C to A.
Where Ellerslie goes to work
Where Ellerslie clocks in
47% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Ellerslie on a workday afternoon
On a workday 386 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Ellerslie on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.26 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where in the region Ellerslie 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Ellerslie
100 jobs are based in Ellerslie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellerslie, 2014 → 2024: 52 → 100. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellerslie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Ellerslie: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellerslie workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 522 commuters (the 8% 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.
For most of Ellerslie, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellerslie is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ellerslie near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 566 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). 0.0% of Ellerslie households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ellerslie’s commuters take a bus or train.
772nd of 3,133: where Ellerslie ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Clermont GA | 1,165 | $136K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Robins AFB GA | 1,193 | $107K | 5.9% | 9.9% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 770 | Washington Township OH | 1,086 | $65K | 1.4% | 2.6% | 2% | B |
| 771 | Glade Spring VA | 1,366 | $81K | 5.4% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| 772 | Ellerslie GA | 1,011 | $107K | 12.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 773 | Chebanse IL | 1,014 | $65K | 1.5% | 2.9% | 6% | B |
| 774 | Dutch Island GA | 1,225 | $161K | 20.0% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Ellerslie, 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 2024, 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 Ellerslie: questions
What is the median household income in Ellerslie?
$107,384 (±$22,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellerslie?
12.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellerslie?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellerslie work?
1% work in town.
Is Ellerslie walkable?
Ellerslie is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellerslie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.