Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Georgia has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Georgia report 1,260 jobs, and 2,489 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Georgia B+; getting around on foot earns it B. Measured by household income, Georgia is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Georgia and work: the main findings
Georgia makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Georgia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Georgia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Georgia pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Georgia pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
The four measures behind Georgia’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Georgia is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #19 of 71 in Vermont. Household income holds Georgia’s grade up ($105,011, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Georgia could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Georgia works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Georgia, 2013 → 2023: 1,145 → 1,260. 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 Georgia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Georgia by day
On a workday 2,310 residents head out to work, 179 work right here, and 1,081 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Georgia on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
14% of working residents work in Burlington
Where Georgia clocks in
14% 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Georgia workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,931 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
Miles to work from Georgia
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.
Getting around Georgia: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Georgia is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #52 of 71 in Vermont. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,435 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 27% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Georgia households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Georgia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Georgia next to U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600: 1,348th of 3,840 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 352 | Jericho VT | 5,056 | $117K | 0.9% | 1.2% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 425 | Richmond VT | 4,103 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 486 | Charlotte VT | 3,846 | $144K | 3.7% | 1.1% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,346 | Argyle NY | 3,645 | $83K | 4.5% | 2.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,347 | Little Britain Township PA | 4,169 | $87K | 5.4% | 3.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,348 | Georgia VT | 4,906 | $105K | 5.2% | 4.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,349 | Cicero IN | 5,581 | $67K | 11.5% | 0.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,350 | Sloan NY | 3,699 | $72K | 14.7% | 2.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Georgia, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
12% of Georgia works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Milton (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Georgia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | – | B+ | B | 26 min | $105,011 |
| St. Albans | 5% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Fairfax | under 4% | A− | B− | 31 min | $128,963 |
| Milton | 7% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $118,977 |
| Westford | under 4% | A− | C− | 33 min | $112,750 |
| Grand Isle | under 4% | B+ | D | 32 min | $100,846 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Albans: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Georgia’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Georgia: questions
What is the median household income in Georgia?
$105,011 (±$8,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Georgia?
5.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Georgia?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Georgia work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (14%, 17 mi), South Burlington (12%, 20 mi), St. Albans (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Georgia walkable?
Georgia is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Georgia without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Georgia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Georgia
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.