Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Ty Ty has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. Employers in Ty Ty report 73 jobs, and 259 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Ty Ty; the top destination outside it is Tifton (24%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ty Ty stands out on work
Ty Ty is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Ty Ty, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ty Ty has about 470 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Ty Ty are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Ty Ty workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 259 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Ty Ty: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 256 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Ty Ty on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
From Ty Ty, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ty Ty workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 326 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where Ty Ty goes to work
Where Ty Ty clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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.
In Ty Ty, 47% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ty Ty, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 73. 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 Ty Ty’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Ty Ty works
About 23% 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 Ty Ty: questions
What is the median household income in Ty Ty?
$35,625 (±$7,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ty Ty?
22.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ty Ty?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ty Ty work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tifton (24%, 8 mi), Moultrie (4%, 22 mi), Albany (3%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ty Ty without a car?
2% 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 Ty Ty, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ty Ty
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.