Myrick's Mill · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 1.8 jobs in Jeffersonville for every working resident, and 507 people commute in
531 jobs are based in Jeffersonville, against 298 working residents. About one in ten work in Jeffersonville itself; outside it, Macon-Bibb County draws the most (24%, 22 miles). 1% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jeffersonville and work: the main findings
Jeffersonville is where the jobs are
Jeffersonville has 531 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Jeffersonville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jeffersonville is Macon-Bibb County, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (73) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 298 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Jeffersonville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 274 residents head out to work and 24 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Jeffersonville on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.8 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 2024, primary jobs.
How many miles Jeffersonville commutes
About 36% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns that send workers to Jeffersonville
Where Jeffersonville clocks in
24% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Most jobs in Jeffersonville are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jeffersonville, 2014 → 2024: 465 → 531. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jeffersonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Jeffersonville spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jeffersonville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 1% 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Jeffersonville: questions
What is the median household income in Jeffersonville?
$46,442 (±$10,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jeffersonville?
35.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jeffersonville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jeffersonville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macon-Bibb County (24%, 22 mi), Warner Robins (5%, 19 mi), Dublin (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Jeffersonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jeffersonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jeffersonville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.