Work & commute · Portal

Work & commute in Portal, GA

Most working residents leave Portal for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Statesboro (30%), Savannah (6%) and Metter (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 240 Portal residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Portal.

240live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Portal goes to work

Statesboro11.3 mi away

30%74

Savannah56.2 mi away

6%15

Metter12.6 mi away

4%9

Portal (in town)right here

2%6

Pooler49.4 mi away

2%5

Glennville41.4 mi away

2%4

Garden City53.9 mi away

1%3

Valdosta141.1 mi away

1%3

Atlanta167.2 mi away

1%3

Baxley58.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%122

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

How far

How far Portal commutes

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

15%

42%

35%

15%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Portal is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Portal are

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

Jobs based in Portal

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Portal residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+40%

Jobs based in Portal, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 191. 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.