Most of Hickox commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. 22 jobs are based in Hickox for 82 working residents. Only 1% work in Hickox itself; outside it, Nahunta draws the most (23%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hickox on a workday
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Hickox on a workday afternoon, 12% 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 towns that employ Hickox’s residents
Where Hickox clocks in
10% 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.
Jobs in Hickox: what the 22 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hickox, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 22. 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 Hickox’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hickox
of Hickox workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 0% 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.
Hickox’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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 Hickox: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hickox?
23.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hickox work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nahunta (23%, 4 mi), Waycross (10%, 22 mi), Brunswick (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hickox 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 Hickox, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hickox
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.