Work & commute · Dock Junction

Work & commute in Dock Junction, GA

Most working residents leave Dock Junction for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Brunswick (23%), St. Simons (9%) and Savannah (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

310 of 2,987 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,677 Dock Junction residents head out of town to work, 310 work right here, and 4,372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dock Junction.

2,677live here, work elsewhere

310live and work here

4,372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dock Junction goes to work

Brunswick5.4 mi away

23%687

Dock Junction (in town)right here

10%310

St. Simons7.8 mi away

9%258

Savannah59.1 mi away

3%93

Jacksonville, FL60.4 mi away

3%82

Atlanta245 mi away

2%61

Jekyll Island11.3 mi away

2%59

Kingsland29.5 mi away

1%27

Pooler64.3 mi away

1%27

Sterling4.6 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,357

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

How far

How far Dock Junction commutes

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

61%

30%

61%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dock Junction is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dock Junction are

4,682 jobs are based in Dock Junction. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dock Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dock Junction

4,682 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Dock Junction residents hold

2,987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−3%

Jobs based in Dock Junction, 2013 → 2023: 4,847 → 4,682. 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.