Photo: SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Shiloh has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Shiloh itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (21%, 23 miles). Employers in Shiloh report 34 jobs for 150 working residents. Working residents average 41 minutes each way (Georgia 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Shiloh, and who commutes in
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Shiloh 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 the trip to work from Shiloh ends
Where Shiloh clocks in
21% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
65% of the jobs in Shiloh make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shiloh, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 34. 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 Shiloh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 41 minutes to work from Shiloh
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shiloh workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 320 commuters (the 11% 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 Shiloh’s workers travel
About 34% 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 Shiloh: questions
What is the median household income in Shiloh?
$82,875 (±$13,961) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shiloh?
6.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shiloh?
41 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shiloh work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (21%, 23 mi), Atlanta (5%, 68 mi), LaGrange (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shiloh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shiloh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shiloh
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.