Work & commute · Savannah

Work & commute in Savannah, GA

51% of Savannah’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Pooler (6%), Garden City (3%) and Atlanta (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

29,091 of 57,546 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28,455 Savannah residents head out of town to work, 29,091 work right here, and 61,169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Savannah.

28,455live here, work elsewhere

29,091live and work here

61,169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Savannah goes to work

Savannah (in town)right here

51%29,091

Pooler7.4 mi away

6%3,601

Garden City5.3 mi away

3%1,725

Atlanta223 mi away

2%1,097

Skidaway Island10.1 mi away

1%595

Richmond Hill10.3 mi away

1%502

Port Wentworth12.4 mi away

1%454

Jacksonville, FL119.1 mi away

1%384

Statesboro44.9 mi away

1%359

Wilmington Island12.9 mi away

1%345

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%19,393

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

How far

How far Savannah commutes

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

63%

15%

20%

63%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Savannah is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Savannah are

90,260 jobs are based in Savannah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Savannah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Savannah

90,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Savannah residents hold

57,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+8%

Jobs based in Savannah, 2013 → 2023: 83,488 → 90,260. 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.