Work & commute · Pooler

Work & commute in Pooler, GA

Most working residents leave Pooler for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (33%), Garden City (4%) and Atlanta (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,742 of 11,179 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,437 Pooler residents head out of town to work, 1,742 work right here, and 16,737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pooler.

9,437live here, work elsewhere

1,742live and work here

16,737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pooler goes to work

Savannah7.4 mi away

33%3,715

Pooler (in town)right here

16%1,742

Garden City4.8 mi away

4%477

Atlanta216.4 mi away

2%188

Port Wentworth6.7 mi away

1%137

Richmond Hill14.5 mi away

1%122

Hinesville28.3 mi away

1%80

Statesboro38.1 mi away

1%76

Georgetown8.6 mi away

1%74

Skidaway Island16.9 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,496

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

How far

How far Pooler commutes

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

52%

28%

17%

52%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pooler is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pooler are

18,479 jobs are based in Pooler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pooler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pooler

18,479 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pooler residents hold

11,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+151%

Jobs based in Pooler, 2013 → 2023: 7,357 → 18,479. 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.