Ivey’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
36.5% of residents are in poverty (Georgia 13.4%). The two grades for Ivey are D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Ivey for work; outside it, Macon-Bibb County is the main destination (19%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ivey and work: the main findings
Ivey is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Ivey, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ivey has about 600 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ivey’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Ivey is Macon-Bibb County, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (82) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 423 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ivey
On income, poverty and job access, Ivey is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Ivey’s grade.
Unemployment (15.0%) is left out: Ivey’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ivey could be anywhere from D− to D.
Ivey by day and by night
On a workday 420 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Ivey on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where in the region Ivey works
About 32% 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.
The places Ivey commutes to
Where Ivey clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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 the 12 jobs in Ivey are
12 jobs are based in Ivey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ivey, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 12. 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 Ivey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Ivey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ivey workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 11% 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.
For most of Ivey, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ivey is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ivey near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 337 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). 8.6% of Ivey households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ivey’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ivey and other U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Clermont GA | 1,165 | $136K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Robins AFB GA | 1,193 | $107K | 5.9% | 9.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,055 | La Pryor TX | 1,236 | $39K | 24.0% | 11.6% | 12% | D− |
| 3,056 | Clarendon AR | 1,394 | $34K | 23.9% | 7.2% | 22% | D− |
| 3,057 | Ivey GA | 1,009 | $40K | 36.5% | 15.0% | 1% | D− |
| 3,058 | Newberry MI | 1,397 | $46K | 29.7% | 10.8% | 25% | D− |
| 3,059 | Appleton MN | 1,361 | $44K | 28.3% | 6.3% | 30% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Ivey, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Ivey and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Gordon (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Ivey’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 Ivey: questions
What is the median household income in Ivey?
$40,250 (±$19,262) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ivey?
36.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ivey?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ivey work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macon-Bibb County (19%, 24 mi), Milledgeville (11%, 13 mi), Gordon (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ivey walkable?
Ivey is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ivey without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ivey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ivey
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.