Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Reidsville have lower incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Georgia 16%). Poverty touches 15.1% of residents, where Georgia as a whole has 13.4%. Jobs and income earn Reidsville C; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Reidsville
Reidsville is where the jobs are
Reidsville has 1,737 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 814 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Reidsville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Reidsville is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #161 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Reidsville’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($41,667, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reidsville could be anywhere from D to B−.
How a workday changes Reidsville
On a workday 704 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 1,627 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Reidsville on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Reidsville
About 41% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily trip into Reidsville
Where Reidsville clocks in
11% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Reidsville
1,737 jobs are based in Reidsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reidsville, 2014 → 2024: 1,582 → 1,737. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reidsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Reidsville: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reidsville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 961 commuters (the 5% 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.
Reidsville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reidsville is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #27 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Reidsville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,014 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). 10.1% of Reidsville households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reidsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Reidsville ranks 3,481st of 5,083 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,479 | Washington Township IN | 2,244 | $52K | 11.4% | 3.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,480 | Creswell Township KS | 1,921 | $85K | 17.2% | 0.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,481 | Reidsville GA | 2,576 | $42K | 15.1% | 2.5% | 14% | C |
| 3,482 | Mayodan NC | 2,503 | $38K | 22.8% | 2.2% | 7% | C |
| 3,483 | McCleary WA | 2,053 | $78K | 10.4% | 11.2% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Reidsville, 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 2024, 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 Reidsville: questions
What is the median household income in Reidsville?
$41,667 (±$13,285) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reidsville?
15.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reidsville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reidsville work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vidalia (11%, 18 mi), Savannah (7%, 55 mi), Glennville (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Reidsville walkable?
Reidsville is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reidsville 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 Reidsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reidsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.