Walnut Grove has higher household incomes than 60% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Walnut Grove; the top destination outside it is Conyers (5%, 10 miles). Poverty touches 9.7% of residents, against 13.4% across Georgia. Jobs and income earn Walnut Grove B+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Walnut Grove apart on work
What’s behind Walnut Grove’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Walnut Grove is better than 69% of U.S. towns. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Walnut Grove’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Walnut Grove could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Walnut Grove makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
358 jobs are based in Walnut Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Grove, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 358. 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 Walnut Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Walnut Grove
On a workday 576 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Walnut Grove on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The places Walnut Grove commutes to
Where Walnut Grove clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Time on the road from Walnut Grove: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 701 commuters (the 19% 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.
How far Walnut Grove’s workers travel
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.
Most of Walnut Grove commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walnut Grove is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Walnut Grove 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 864 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). 0.5% of Walnut Grove households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Walnut Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Walnut Grove is 1,174th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,172 | Meyers CA | 1,995 | $96K | 5.5% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,173 | Omao HI | 1,528 | $102K | 3.1% | 7.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,174 | Walnut Grove GA | 1,735 | $83K | 9.7% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,175 | Black Earth WI | 1,523 | $76K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,176 | Custer Township IL | 1,347 | $122K | 11.3% | 11.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Walnut Grove, 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 Walnut Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Grove?
$83,208 (±$26,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Grove?
9.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Grove?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Grove work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conyers (5%, 10 mi), Monroe (5%, 8 mi), Covington (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut Grove walkable?
Walnut Grove is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Grove without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Grove
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.