Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, GA

Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (45%), Pooler (7%) and Garden City (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 4,925 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 4,745 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

4,745live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

1,393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Savannah2.9 mi away

45%2,230

Pooler8.6 mi away

7%348

Georgetown (in town)right here

4%180

Garden City7.9 mi away

3%157

Atlanta222.4 mi away

2%88

Richmond Hill7.4 mi away

2%76

Skidaway Island11.2 mi away

1%66

Thunderbolt11.2 mi away

1%40

Hinesville24.7 mi away

1%39

Port Wentworth14.5 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,663

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

How far

How far Georgetown commutes

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

53%

27%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

1,573 jobs are based in Georgetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Georgetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Georgetown

1,573 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

4,925 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+40%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 1,120 → 1,573. 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.