Work & commute · Metter

Work & commute in Metter, GA

About one in 4 of Metter’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Statesboro (8%), Stillmore (5%) and Savannah (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

366 of 1,521 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,155 Metter residents head out of town to work, 366 work right here, and 1,867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Metter.

1,155live here, work elsewhere

366live and work here

1,867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Metter goes to work

Metter (in town)right here

24%366

Statesboro17 mi away

8%123

Stillmore9.4 mi away

5%79

Savannah57.2 mi away

4%66

Swainsboro20.6 mi away

3%46

Vidalia23.5 mi away

3%42

Garden City56 mi away

2%25

Dublin51.4 mi away

2%23

Lyons20 mi away

1%15

Claxton18.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%722

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

How far

How far Metter commutes

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

33%

27%

33%

33%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Metter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Metter are

2,233 jobs are based in Metter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Metter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Metter

2,233 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Metter residents hold

1,521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

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Jobs based in Metter, 2013 → 2023: 2,229 → 2,233. 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.