Bank of Jersey · Photo: Herferbrian · CC BY-SA 4.0Jersey has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
For 15% of workers, the job is at home, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. Jersey has 38 jobs; 72 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Jersey itself; outside it, Monroe draws the most (7%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Jersey: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Jersey on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where Jersey goes to work
Where Jersey clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Jersey
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jersey, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 38. 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 Jersey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Jersey
of Jersey workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 15% 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.
Half of Jersey commutes less than 20 miles
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 Jersey: questions
What is the poverty rate in Jersey?
8.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jersey work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (7%, 7 mi), Atlanta (7%, 36 mi), Covington (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jersey 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 Jersey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jersey
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.