Brick Store · Photo: Mailsmc · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Social Circle (6.6%) is higher than in 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Social Circle is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in ten work in Social Circle; the top destination outside it is Covington (9%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 40 minutes getting to work on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Social Circle, in brief
Social Circle trades workers with the towns around it
Social Circle has about as many jobs (2,401) as working residents (2,255), but they are mostly different people: 2,042 residents leave for work each day while 2,188 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Social Circle are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Social Circle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Social Circle makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Social Circle are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Social Circle residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Social Circle
The poverty rate holds Social Circle’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Social Circle could be anywhere from C to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,042 residents head out to work, 213 work right here, and 2,188 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 40 minutes each way, longer than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Social Circle workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,119 commuters (the 18% 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.
Goods, not services: 42% of the jobs in Social Circle
2,401 jobs are based in Social Circle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Social Circle, 2013 → 2023: 1,920 → 2,401. 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 Social Circle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Social Circle’s working residents head each day
Where Social Circle clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Miles to work from Social Circle
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.
Few in Social Circle walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,573 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). 0.0% of Social Circle households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Social Circle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500, Social Circle ranks 1,795th of 3,502 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 397 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,793 | Scipio Township IN | 5,132 | $78K | 10.3% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,794 | Lincoln Village CA | 4,241 | $96K | 12.5% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| 1,795 | Social Circle GA | 5,537 | $89K | 6.7% | 6.6% | 9% | B− |
| 1,796 | Winterset IA | 5,520 | $68K | 10.3% | 3.0% | 27% | B− |
| 1,797 | Baldwin City KS | 4,946 | $73K | 5.8% | 6.1% | 15% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Social Circle, 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 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 Social Circle: questions
What is the median household income in Social Circle?
$88,591 (±$11,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Social Circle?
6.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Social Circle?
40 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Social Circle work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Covington (9%, 8 mi), Monroe (6%, 10 mi), Atlanta (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Social Circle walkable?
Social Circle is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Social Circle without a car?
1% 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 Social Circle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Social Circle
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. 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.