Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Geneva works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Geneva itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (26%, 19 miles). There are 15 jobs in Geneva; 31 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 34% of workers, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Geneva
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 56 people are in Geneva on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer 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.
Commuting out of Geneva: the destinations
Where Geneva clocks in
26% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Geneva works in goods: 53% of its jobs
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 Geneva’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Geneva
of Geneva workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 34% 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 it is to work from Geneva
About 42% 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 Geneva: questions
What is the median household income in Geneva?
$113,438 (±$53,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Geneva?
4.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Geneva work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (26%, 19 mi), Thomaston (6%, 25 mi), West Point (6%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Geneva without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 33% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Geneva, from the people who make the trip.
More of Geneva
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.