Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Reynolds, and the trip to work
About one in ten work in Reynolds; the top destination outside it is Fort Valley (10%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S. 220 jobs are based in Reynolds for 320 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Reynolds apart
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Reynolds than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Reynolds fell from 316 in 2013 to 220 in 2023, −30%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Reynolds workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 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 320 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Reynolds, by distance
About 31% 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.
The kinds of work in Reynolds
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reynolds, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 220. 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 Reynolds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Reynolds takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reynolds workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 273 commuters (the 14% 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.
In and out of Reynolds on a workday
On a workday 290 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Reynolds on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
The places Reynolds commutes to
Where Reynolds clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
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 Reynolds: questions
What is the median household income in Reynolds?
$24,769 (±$7,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reynolds?
35.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reynolds?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reynolds work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Valley (10%, 12 mi), Butler (8%, 8 mi), Macon-Bibb County (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reynolds without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reynolds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reynolds
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.