Most of Hephzibah commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Hephzibah are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 732 jobs in Hephzibah; 1,428 of its residents have a job. 8% of workers work from home, 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 commute and the jobs: Hephzibah in brief
Hephzibah and Augusta trade workers both ways
Augusta is the top workplace for Hephzibah residents (44%) and also where the most people who work in Hephzibah come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hephzibah workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Hephzibah has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hephzibah went from 490 in 2013 to 732 in 2023, +49%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Hephzibah earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hephzibah is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #190 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Hephzibah’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hephzibah could be anywhere from D to B+.
44% of working residents work in Augusta
Where Hephzibah 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.
The trip to work from Hephzibah: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hephzibah workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,253 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.
The kinds of work in Hephzibah
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hephzibah, 2013 → 2023: 490 → 732. 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 Hephzibah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Hephzibah by day
On a workday 1,390 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 694 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Hephzibah on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hephzibah
About 28% 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.
Driving is how Hephzibah gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hephzibah is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #254 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,367 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). 2.9% of Hephzibah households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hephzibah’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hephzibah next to U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200: 3,518th of 4,264 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 270 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 348 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,516 | Stokes Township OH | 4,585 | $55K | 14.6% | 5.7% | 7% | C− |
| 3,517 | East Rockingham NC | 2,779 | $34K | 31.0% | 2.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,518 | Hephzibah GA | 3,815 | $65K | 20.9% | 6.8% | 3% | C− |
| 3,519 | Columbia KY | 4,680 | $47K | 18.3% | 4.4% | 29% | C− |
| 3,520 | Dandridge TN | 3,947 | $54K | 15.1% | 9.6% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | 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 Hephzibah, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door is work for 44% of Hephzibah
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Augusta. Darker towns draw more of Hephzibah’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hephzibah: questions
What is the median household income in Hephzibah?
$65,109 (±$24,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hephzibah?
20.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hephzibah?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hephzibah work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (44%, 5 mi), Martinez (4%, 16 mi), Atlanta (3%, 138 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hephzibah walkable?
Hephzibah is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hephzibah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hephzibah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hephzibah
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.