Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Ochlocknee has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Ochlocknee itself; outside it, Thomasville draws the most (36%, 10 miles). Employers in Ochlocknee report 31 jobs, against 249 working residents. The average commute takes 19 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
Where Ochlocknee stands out on work
Ochlocknee is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Ochlocknee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ochlocknee has about 470 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Ochlocknee works in Thomasville
89 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Thomasville, 10 miles away. That’s far more as work in Ochlocknee itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Ochlocknee are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia 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 249 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Ochlocknee, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 249 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Ochlocknee 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.
Out of Ochlocknee to work: where people go
Where Ochlocknee clocks in
36% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Getting to work from Ochlocknee takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ochlocknee workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 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.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Ochlocknee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ochlocknee, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 31. 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 Ochlocknee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Ochlocknee
About 21% 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 Ochlocknee: questions
What is the median household income in Ochlocknee?
$42,438 (±$17,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ochlocknee?
18.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ochlocknee?
19 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ochlocknee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thomasville (36%, 10 mi), Tallahassee (4%, 38 mi), Albany (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ochlocknee without a car?
0% 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 Ochlocknee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ochlocknee
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.