Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Molena commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Employers in Molena report 50 jobs, and 175 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Molena for work; outside it, Zebulon is the main destination (7%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Molena on a workday
On a workday 175 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Molena on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Molena’s working residents head each day
Where Molena clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Molena
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Molena, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 50. 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 Molena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Molena’s commute takes about 49 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Molena workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 2% 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 many miles Molena commutes
About 24% 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 Molena: questions
What is the median household income in Molena?
$39,743 (±$8,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Molena?
14.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Molena?
49 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Molena work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Zebulon (7%, 11 mi), Griffin (6%, 21 mi), Thomaston (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Molena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Molena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Molena
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.