Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Unadilla trail those of 97% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 20.9% of residents, next to 13.4% across Georgia. For jobs and income Unadilla is better than 3% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). Only 7% stay in Unadilla for work; outside it, Vienna is the main destination (12%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Unadilla: the figures worth knowing
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 ↓
Fewer than half of Unadilla workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Unadilla’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Unadilla are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 707 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Unadilla’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Unadilla’s grade.
Unemployment (13.6%) is left out: Unadilla’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Unadilla could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Half of Unadilla commutes less than 33 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The 543 jobs based in Unadilla
543 jobs are based in Unadilla.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Unadilla, 2014 → 2024: 613 → 543. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Unadilla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Unadilla workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who commutes out of Unadilla, and who commutes in
On a workday 660 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 496 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 (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Unadilla commutes to
Where Unadilla clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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 commute in Unadilla is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 328 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 15.3% of Unadilla households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Unadilla’s commuters take a bus or train.
Unadilla and other U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,429 | Rio Dell CA | 3,211 | $43K | 17.6% | 14.3% | 6% | D− |
| 4,430 | Donalsonville GA | 2,834 | $43K | 28.6% | 7.5% | 27% | D− |
| 4,431 | Unadilla GA | 3,091 | $37K | 20.9% | 13.6% | 7% | D− |
| 4,432 | Toledo OR | 3,473 | $54K | 27.0% | 10.8% | 17% | D− |
| 4,433 | McGehee AR | 3,389 | $37K | 34.0% | 5.9% | 32% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Unadilla, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Unadilla: questions
What is the median household income in Unadilla?
$36,875 (±$9,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Unadilla?
20.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Unadilla?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Unadilla work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vienna (12%, 12 mi), Macon-Bibb County (6%, 38 mi), Warner Robins (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Unadilla walkable?
Unadilla is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Unadilla without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Unadilla, from the people who make the trip.
More of Unadilla
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.