First Methodist Episcopal Church · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 6.6 jobs in Stillmore for every working resident, and 1,051 people commute in
There are 1,067 jobs in Stillmore, and 161 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten stay in Stillmore for work; outside it, Vidalia is the main destination (11%, 19 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Stillmore on a workday
On a workday 145 residents head out to work and 16 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Stillmore on a workday afternoon, 198% more than live here.
6.6 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Stillmore’s workers come from
Where Stillmore clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
Stillmore makes things: 86% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stillmore, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 1,067. 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 Stillmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Stillmore spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stillmore workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 2% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stillmore
About 32% 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 Stillmore: questions
What is the median household income in Stillmore?
$33,750 (±$17,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stillmore?
50.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stillmore?
22 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stillmore work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vidalia (11%, 19 mi), Swainsboro (10%, 12 mi), Metter (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stillmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stillmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stillmore
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.