Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Pavo commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
54 jobs are based in Pavo, against 218 working residents. Hardly any work in Pavo itself; outside it, Thomasville draws the most (29%, 16 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Georgia as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pavo
Pavo is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Pavo, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pavo has about 440 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Pavo works in Thomasville
64 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Thomasville, 16 miles away. That’s far more as work in Pavo itself. The commute map ↓
Few Pavo workers work from home
Only 4% 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 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Pavo
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Pavo on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Pavo’s working residents head each day
Where Pavo clocks in
29% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
Pavo’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pavo workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 commuters (the 4% 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 kinds of work in Pavo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pavo, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 54. 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 Pavo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Pavo goes to work
About 26% 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 Pavo: questions
What is the median household income in Pavo?
$52,708 (±$37,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pavo?
22.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pavo?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pavo work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thomasville (29%, 16 mi), Moultrie (5%, 16 mi), Valdosta (2%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pavo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pavo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pavo
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.