Work & commute · Claxton

Work & commute in Claxton, GA

Most working residents leave Claxton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (7%), Statesboro (5%) and Pooler (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

95 of 819 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 724 Claxton residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 1,008 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claxton.

724live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

1,008work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claxton goes to work

Claxton (in town)right here

12%95

Savannah43.1 mi away

7%61

Statesboro20.6 mi away

5%44

Pooler38.4 mi away

3%27

Glennville15.5 mi away

3%25

Vidalia29 mi away

2%17

Hinesville29.2 mi away

1%11

Reidsville13.6 mi away

1%10

Atlanta182.9 mi away

1%10

Hagan1.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%510

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

How far

How far Claxton commutes

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

30%

18%

25%

26%

30%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claxton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Claxton are

1,103 jobs are based in Claxton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claxton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claxton

1,103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Claxton residents hold

819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−19%

Jobs based in Claxton, 2013 → 2023: 1,364 → 1,103. 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.