Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Hazlehurst are lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Hazlehurst grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 28.2%; Georgia has 13.4%. Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hazlehurst at work: what stands out
Commutes from Hazlehurst are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Hazlehurst is where the jobs are
Hazlehurst has 2,438 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Hazlehurst workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Hazlehurst gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hazlehurst is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #234 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Hazlehurst’s grade up (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($38,616, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hazlehurst could be anywhere from D− to C.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Hazlehurst
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hazlehurst workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,312 commuters (the 2% 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 a workday changes Hazlehurst
On a workday 1,243 residents head out to work, 330 work right here, and 2,108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,000 people are in Hazlehurst on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 towns that send workers to Hazlehurst
Where Hazlehurst clocks in
4% 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.
What work there is in Hazlehurst: 2,438 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hazlehurst, 2013 → 2023: 2,968 → 2,438. 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 Hazlehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hazlehurst’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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.
Most trips from Hazlehurst start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hazlehurst is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #177 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 1,345 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). 21.2% of Hazlehurst households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hazlehurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Hazlehurst sits among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 273 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,900 | Champion NY | 4,436 | $57K | 19.0% | 12.3% | 12% | D |
| 3,901 | Harrison Township OH | 5,147 | $49K | 21.3% | 9.6% | 11% | D |
| 3,902 | Hazlehurst GA | 4,172 | $39K | 28.2% | 6.3% | 21% | D |
| 3,903 | Du Quoin IL | 5,569 | $54K | 29.6% | 11.1% | 21% | D |
| 3,904 | Richlands VA | 5,051 | $37K | 30.2% | 5.5% | 14% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | 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 Hazlehurst, 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 Hazlehurst: questions
What is the median household income in Hazlehurst?
$38,616 (±$11,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hazlehurst?
28.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hazlehurst?
15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hazlehurst work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baxley (6%, 16 mi), Douglas (4%, 29 mi), Vidalia (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hazlehurst walkable?
Hazlehurst is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hazlehurst without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hazlehurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hazlehurst
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.