Birdsville Plantation · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Perkins at work: jobs, income and the commute
Perkins has 24 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Perkins; the top destination outside it is Millen (33%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Perkins
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 45 people are in Perkins on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Out of Perkins to work: where people go
Where Perkins clocks in
33% 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.
Working from home in Perkins
of Perkins workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 0% 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 far Perkins’ workers travel
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 Perkins: questions
What is the poverty rate in Perkins?
0.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Perkins work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Millen (33%, 8 mi), Statesboro (8%, 35 mi), Augusta (8%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Perkins without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perkins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perkins
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.