Work & commute · Brunswick

Work & commute in Brunswick, GA

About one in 4 of Brunswick’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Simons (10%), Dock Junction (6%) and Savannah (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,175 of 4,884 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,709 Brunswick residents head out of town to work, 1,175 work right here, and 11,392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brunswick.

3,709live here, work elsewhere

1,175live and work here

11,392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brunswick goes to work

Brunswick (in town)right here

24%1,175

St. Simons5.7 mi away

10%509

Dock Junction5.4 mi away

6%311

Savannah62.6 mi away

3%162

Jekyll Island6 mi away

3%126

Atlanta250.3 mi away

2%118

Jacksonville, FL56.5 mi away

2%117

Pooler68.1 mi away

2%77

St. Marys27 mi away

1%48

Kingsland27.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,195

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brunswick commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

59%

33%

59%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brunswick is a job hub

2.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brunswick are

12,567 jobs are based in Brunswick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brunswick

12,567 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Brunswick residents hold

4,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−6%

Jobs based in Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 13,313 → 12,567. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.