Work & commute · Hortense

Work & commute in Hortense, GA

Most working residents leave Hortense for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Nahunta (10%), Brunswick (6%) and Jekyll Island (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

51%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Hortense residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hortense.

104live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hortense goes to work

Nahunta8.6 mi away

10%10

Brunswick31.7 mi away

6%6

Jekyll Island36.9 mi away

6%6

Waycross25.2 mi away

5%5

Savannah65 mi away

4%4

Jacksonville, FL70.8 mi away

3%3

Douglas54.5 mi away

3%3

Kingsland34.7 mi away

3%3

Dock Junction27.3 mi away

3%3

Fort Stewart43.1 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%58

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

How far

How far Hortense commutes

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

19%

18%

36%

27%

19%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hortense is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hortense are

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

Jobs based in Hortense

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities88%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Hortense residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+143%

Jobs based in Hortense, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 17. 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.