Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Tignall commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Tignall report 17 jobs; 230 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Tignall itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (14%, 9 miles). At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Georgia 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Tignall apart on work
Tignall is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Tignall, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tignall has about 280 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% 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 230 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Tignall by day
On a workday 229 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Tignall on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
How far Tignall’s workers travel
About 43% 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.
Where Tignall’s working residents head each day
Where Tignall clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Tignall: what the 17 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tignall, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 17. 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 Tignall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Tignall
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tignall workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 189 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Tignall: questions
What is the median household income in Tignall?
$53,438 (±$48,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tignall?
10.4%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tignall?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tignall work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (14%, 9 mi), Elberton (7%, 18 mi), Augusta (6%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tignall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tignall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tignall
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.