Vienna Historic District · Photo: Blastoids · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.4 jobs in Vienna for every working resident, and 2,027 people commute in
There are 2,208 jobs in Vienna for 909 working residents. Vienna grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 16% across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Vienna
Vienna is where the jobs are
Vienna has 2,208 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,300 people are in town, 44% more than the 3,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Vienna makes and builds things
76% of the jobs based in Vienna are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Vienna residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Vienna has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Vienna went from 1,246 in 2013 to 2,208 in 2023, +77%. The jobs ↓
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 909 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Vienna’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vienna is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #173 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Vienna’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vienna could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Vienna fills up on a workday
On a workday 728 residents head out to work and 181 work right here.
About 4,300 people are in Vienna on a workday afternoon, 44% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 76% of work in Vienna
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 1,246 → 2,208. 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 Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Vienna
Where Vienna clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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.
Getting to work from Vienna takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vienna workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,342 commuters (the 2% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Vienna
About 34% 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.
For most of Vienna, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vienna is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #259 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Vienna near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,363 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). 10.3% of Vienna households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vienna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vienna is 3,471st of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 91 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 250 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 321 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,469 | Blackstone VA | 3,389 | $55K | 26.6% | 2.4% | 13% | C− |
| 3,470 | Idyllwild-Pine Cove CA | 3,957 | $74K | 12.3% | 5.0% | 27% | C− |
| 3,471 | Vienna GA | 2,961 | $58K | 13.2% | 4.1% | 20% | C− |
| 3,472 | Green Island NY | 2,966 | $59K | 20.6% | 10.4% | 8% | C− |
| 3,473 | Byesville OH | 2,359 | $43K | 21.1% | 3.1% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Vienna, 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 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 Vienna: questions
What is the median household income in Vienna?
$57,736 (±$14,441) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vienna?
13.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vienna?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vienna work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cordele (11%, 10 mi), Columbus (4%, 70 mi), Macon-Bibb County (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vienna walkable?
Vienna is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vienna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vienna
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. 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.