Tompkins Inn · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Godfrey has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Godfrey has 21 jobs; 57 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Godfrey for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (14%, 9 miles). Working from home is the commute for 15% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Godfrey
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Godfrey on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Where Godfrey goes to work
Where Godfrey clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Godfrey makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Godfrey, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 21. 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 Godfrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Godfrey
of Godfrey workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 15% 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 Godfrey
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 Godfrey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Godfrey?
0.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Godfrey work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (14%, 9 mi), Covington (7%, 23 mi), Greensboro (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Godfrey 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 Godfrey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Godfrey
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.