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Jobs & commute in Hilltop

Hilltop has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

3 jobs are based in Hilltop, and 140 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Hilltop itself; outside it, Griffin draws the most (10%, 13 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Georgia.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Hilltop, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 140 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

140live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday85
220live here− 140head out to work+ 3come in to work= 85on a workday

About 85 people are in Hilltop on a workday afternoon, 62% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Hilltop goes to work

ConcordOglethorpeZebulon: 4 residents work here (3%)Senoia: 5 residents work here (4%)Forest Park: 3 residents work here (2%)Griffin: 14 residents work here (10%)West Point: 2 residents work here (1%)Dunwoody: 4 residents work here (3%)Peachtree City: 5 residents work here (4%)Union City: 3 residents work here (2%)LaGrange: 5 residents work here (4%)Atlanta: 4 residents work here (3%)HilltopGriffinSenoiaPeachtree CityLaGrangeZebulonDunwoodyHilltop
1
Griffin13.4 mi away
10%14
2
Senoia15.4 mi away
4%5
3
Peachtree City21.1 mi away
4%5
4
LaGrange35.3 mi away
4%5
5
Zebulon5.8 mi away
3%4
6
Dunwoody58 mi away
3%4
7
Atlanta45.2 mi away
3%4
8
Forest Park35.7 mi away
2%3
9
Union City34.3 mi away
2%3
10
West Point43.3 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
65%91
The top trips

Where Hilltop clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Most jobs in Hilltop are in services

Jobs based in HilltopJobs Hilltop residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices100%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%31%
Over $3,333 a month33%54%

Who does it

29 or younger67%16%
30 to 5433%54%
55 and older0%29%

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 Hilltop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Hilltop: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
194 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hilltop25 min
Georgia28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Hilltop workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hilltop gets to work
84%Drive alone
16%Carpool

Share of the 87 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.

How far

Hilltop’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miGriffin: 10% · 13.4 miSenoia: 4% · 15.4 miPeachtree City: 4% · 21.1 miLaGrange: 4% · 35.3 miZebulon: 3% · 5.8 miDunwoody: 3% · 58 miAtlanta: 3% · 45.2 miForest Park: 2% · 35.7 miUnion City: 2% · 34.3 miWest Point: 1% · 43.3 miGriffin 10%Senoia 4%Peachtree City 4%LaGrange 4%Zebulon 3%Hilltop
HilltopTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi13 residents
35%10–24 mi49 residents
31%25–50 mi44 residents
24%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 24% 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.

Next door

How Hilltop compares with the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownHilltop workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Hilltop–——25 min$23,625
Concordunder 2%——33 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Concord: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Hilltop’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hilltop: questions

What is the median household income in Hilltop?

$23,625 (±$22,262) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hilltop?

20.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Hilltop?

25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Hilltop work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Griffin (10%, 13 mi), Senoia (4%, 15 mi), Peachtree City (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Hilltop 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 Hilltop, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hilltop

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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.