Photo: Bill Golladay · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Moreland, and the trip to work
Hardly any stay in Moreland for work; outside it, Newnan is the main destination (16%, 6 miles). 8% of workers work from home, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Moreland on a workday
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Moreland on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Moreland’s residents
Where Moreland clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
In Moreland, services account for most jobs
126 jobs are based in Moreland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moreland, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 126. 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 Moreland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Moreland, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moreland workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute from Moreland, by distance
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 Moreland: questions
What is the median household income in Moreland?
$94,500 (±$22,234) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moreland?
7.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moreland?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moreland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newnan (16%, 6 mi), College Park (7%, 30 mi), Atlanta (7%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moreland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moreland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moreland
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.