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Jobs & commute in Marshallville

Most of Marshallville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

Only 3% work in Marshallville itself; outside it, Fort Valley draws the most (11%, 7 miles). 74 jobs are based in Marshallville; 317 of its residents have a job. At 29 minutes each way, commutes from Marshallville run about the Georgia average.

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

What stands out · In brief

Work in Marshallville, in a few figures

Marshallville is a place people come home to

There are 74 jobs based in Marshallville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marshallville has about 740 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

A big share show a job far from home

31% 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 317 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Marshallville

On a workday 307 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.

307live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
64work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night980
Workday740
980live here− 310head out to work+ 64come in to work= 740on a workday

About 740 people are in Marshallville on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Marshallville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFort Valley: 11% · 7.3 miWarner Robins: 10% · 19.2 miPerry: 9% · 12.4 miMacon-Bibb County: 9% · 28.1 miColumbus: 4% · 54.6 miAlbany: 3% · 62.4 miMontezuma: 2% · 12.1 miToomsboro: 1% · 55.8 miAlpharetta: 1% · 113 miFort Valley 11%Warner Robins 10%Perry 9%Macon-Bibb County 9%Columbus 4%Marshallville
MarshallvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi61 residents
37%10–24 mi114 residents
13%25–50 mi40 residents
31%Over 50 mi97 residents

About 31% 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 commute map

Where Marshallville’s working residents head each day

GlenwoodToomsboro: 4 residents work here (1%)OglethorpeMarshallvilleMontezuma: 6 residents work here (2%)Fort Valley: 36 residents work here (11%)ByronMilledgevilleWarner Robins: 32 residents work here (10%)Alpharetta: 4 residents work here (1%)Perry: 28 residents work here (9%)Macon-Bibb County: 28 residents work here (9%)Columbus: 12 residents work here (4%)Albany: 8 residents work here (3%)Fort ValleyWarner RobinsPerryMacon-Bibb CountyColumbusAlbanyMarshallville
1
Fort Valley7.3 mi away
11%36
2
Warner Robins19.2 mi away
10%32
3
Perry12.4 mi away
9%28
4
Macon-Bibb County28.1 mi away
9%28
5
Columbus54.6 mi away
4%12
6
Marshallville (in town)right here
3%10
7
Albany62.4 mi away
3%8
8
Montezuma12.1 mi away
2%6
9
Toomsboro55.8 mi away
1%4
10
Alpharetta113 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%149
The top trips

Where Marshallville 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

The kinds of work in Marshallville

Jobs based in MarshallvilleJobs Marshallville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms11%25%
Trade, transport & utilities58%18%
Services: health, schools, offices31%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less22%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%38%
Over $3,333 a month34%44%

Who does it

29 or younger11%22%
30 to 5449%54%
55 and older41%23%
+9%

Jobs based in Marshallville, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 74. 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 Marshallville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Marshallville: about 29 minutes

A year of commuting
219 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Marshallville29 min
Georgia28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

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

About 1 in 10
How Marshallville gets to work
73%Drive alone
22%Carpool
4%Other

Share of the 360 commuters (the 10% 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 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 Marshallville: questions

What is the median household income in Marshallville?

$23,068 (±$8,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Marshallville?

40.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Marshallville?

29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Marshallville work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Valley (11%, 7 mi), Warner Robins (10%, 19 mi), Perry (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Marshallville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Marshallville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Marshallville

Marshallville home →

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.