Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Talbotton
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. Only 8% stay in Talbotton for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (25%, 23 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 51 minutes; Georgia averages 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Talbotton stands out on work
Talbotton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 51 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 391 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Talbotton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Talbotton is Columbus, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (77) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Talbotton: about 51 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Talbotton workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 234 commuters (the 0% 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 Talbotton
About 37% 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.
How a workday changes Talbotton
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 266 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 (0.94 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.
Where people from Talbotton work
Where Talbotton clocks in
25% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Talbotton
290 jobs are based in Talbotton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Talbotton, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 290. 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 Talbotton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Talbotton: questions
What is the median household income in Talbotton?
$21,635 (±$15,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Talbotton?
48.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Talbotton?
51 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Talbotton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (25%, 23 mi), LaGrange (3%, 38 mi), West Point (3%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Talbotton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Talbotton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Talbotton
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.