With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Zion works elsewhere
Mount Zion has 152 jobs, and 806 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Mount Zion is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mount Zion
Mount Zion is a place people come home to
There are 152 jobs based in Mount Zion, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Zion has about 1,400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mount Zion workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 806 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Mount Zion: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Mount Zion’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,750, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Zion could be anywhere from D to B.
The daily flow of workers through Mount Zion
On a workday 804 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Mount Zion 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.
Commuting from Mount Zion: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Zion workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 980 commuters (the 6% 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.
22% of working residents work in Carrollton
Where Mount Zion clocks in
22% 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 Mount Zion
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Zion, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 152. 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 Mount Zion’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Mount Zion, by distance
About 18% 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.
Getting around Mount Zion: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,039 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Mount Zion households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Zion’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800, Mount Zion comes 4,330th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,328 | Washington Township PA | 1,835 | $56K | 9.9% | 1.0% | 9% | C− |
| 4,329 | Labadieville LA | 1,408 | $48K | 13.8% | 13.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,330 | Mount Zion GA | 2,057 | $54K | 16.1% | 6.3% | <1% | C− |
| 4,331 | Argos IN | 1,761 | $62K | 19.4% | 8.6% | 7% | C− |
| 4,332 | Bedford IA | 1,474 | $61K | 10.0% | 7.0% | 18% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mount Zion, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Mount Zion: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Zion?
$53,750 (±$20,837) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Zion?
16.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Zion?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Zion work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (22%, 7 mi), Bremen (6%, 5 mi), Atlanta (5%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Zion walkable?
Mount Zion is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Zion without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Zion, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Zion
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.