With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Good Hope works elsewhere
For 3% of workers, the job is at home (Georgia 16%). There are 13 jobs in Good Hope for 180 working residents. Hardly any stay in Good Hope for work; outside it, Monroe is the main destination (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Good Hope on a workday afternoon
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Good Hope on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The places Good Hope commutes to
Where Good Hope clocks in
9% 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.
What Good Hope’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Good Hope, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 13. 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 Good Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Good Hope
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Good Hope workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 commuters (the 3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Good Hope
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 Good Hope: questions
What is the median household income in Good Hope?
$95,563 (±$15,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Good Hope?
5.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Good Hope?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Good Hope work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (9%, 6 mi), Athens (9%, 18 mi), Covington (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Good Hope without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Good Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of Good Hope
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.