Work & commute · Fort Stewart

Work & commute in Fort Stewart, GA

Most working residents leave Fort Stewart for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (8%), Hinesville (7%) and Atlanta (5%). Half commute less than 107 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,116 working residents

Typical commute

107 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 1,091 Fort Stewart residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 1,029 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Stewart.

1,091live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

1,029work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Stewart goes to work

Savannah26.2 mi away

8%94

Hinesville3.9 mi away

7%78

Atlanta208.6 mi away

5%60

Jacksonville, FL106.8 mi away

2%26

Fort Stewart (in town)right here

2%25

Pooler26 mi away

2%23

Richmond Hill17.8 mi away

2%21

Hilton Head Island, SC55.5 mi away

2%20

Statesboro39.6 mi away

1%16

Douglas77.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%739

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

How far

How far Fort Stewart commutes

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

10%

22%

62%

10%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

62%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Stewart is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Stewart are

1,054 jobs are based in Fort Stewart. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Stewart’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Stewart

1,054 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Fort Stewart residents hold

1,116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−16%

Jobs based in Fort Stewart, 2013 → 2023: 1,260 → 1,054. 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.