Talmo Historic District · Photo: Upstateherd · CC BY-SA 3.0How Talmo works: jobs, income and commuting
Talmo has 136 jobs, against 130 working residents. Hardly any work in Talmo itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (14%, 10 miles). Working residents average 21 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 136 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 (1.05 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 Talmo’s working residents head each day
Where Talmo clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Talmo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Talmo, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 136. 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 Talmo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Talmo: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Talmo workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 10% 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.
The commute from Talmo, by distance
About 15% 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.
Talmo and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Talmo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmo | – | — | — | 21 min | $75,000 |
| Pendergrass | under 2% | A− | D | 34 min | $90,341 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Talmo’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Talmo: questions
What is the median household income in Talmo?
$75,000 (±$30,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Talmo?
12.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Talmo?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Talmo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (14%, 10 mi), Jefferson (12%, 7 mi), Braselton (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Talmo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Talmo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Talmo
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.