Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Menlo has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for <1% of workers, against 16% across Georgia. There are 51 jobs in Menlo for 205 working residents. Only 2% stay in Menlo for work; outside it, Summerville is the main destination (11%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Menlo apart
Menlo is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in Menlo, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Menlo has about 320 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Menlo workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Menlo
On a workday 200 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Menlo on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The daily trip from Menlo: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menlo workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 341 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.
Out of Menlo to work: where people go
Where Menlo clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Menlo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menlo, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 51. 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 Menlo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Menlo
About 28% 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.
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 Menlo: questions
What is the median household income in Menlo?
$72,250 (±$50,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menlo?
14.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menlo?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menlo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Summerville (11%, 7 mi), Rome (10%, 22 mi), LaFayette (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Menlo without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menlo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menlo
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.