Warthen Historic District · Photo: A P Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Warthen
Only 2% work in Warthen; the top destination outside it is Sandersville (19%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 16% across Georgia. Employers in Warthen report 36 jobs; 42 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Warthen: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 35 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 (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Warthen ends
Where Warthen clocks in
7% 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.
81% of the jobs in Warthen make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warthen, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 36. 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 Warthen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Warthen
of Warthen workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 0% 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 Warthen
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.
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 Warthen: questions
What is the poverty rate in Warthen?
11.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Warthen work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandersville (19%, 8 mi), White Plains (7%, 30 mi), Martinez (7%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Warthen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warthen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warthen
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.