Work & commute · Folkston

Work & commute in Folkston, GA

About one in 5 of Folkston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jacksonville (7%), Waycross (4%) and Kingsland (3%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

208 of 1,034 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 826 Folkston residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 1,380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Folkston.

826live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

1,380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Folkston goes to work

Folkston (in town)right here

20%208

Jacksonville, FL40.4 mi away

7%77

Waycross33 mi away

4%45

Kingsland12.8 mi away

3%30

Brunswick38 mi away

2%24

Fernandina Beach, FL35.4 mi away

2%20

St. Marys26.1 mi away

2%20

Homeland1.7 mi away

2%17

Valdosta75.4 mi away

2%17

Douglas68.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%560

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

How far

How far Folkston commutes

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

25%

27%

40%

25%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Folkston is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Folkston are

1,588 jobs are based in Folkston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Folkston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Folkston

1,588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Folkston residents hold

1,034 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+18%

Jobs based in Folkston, 2013 → 2023: 1,348 → 1,588. 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.