Work & commute · Screven

Work & commute in Screven, GA

Most working residents leave Screven for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jesup (27%), Waycross (4%) and Savannah (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 266 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 253 Screven residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Screven.

253live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Screven goes to work

Jesup10.4 mi away

27%72

Screven (in town)right here

5%13

Waycross27.6 mi away

4%10

Savannah60.6 mi away

3%8

Atlanta210.7 mi away

2%6

Ludowici22.7 mi away

2%5

Hinesville33.7 mi away

2%5

Dock Junction35.4 mi away

2%5

Brunswick40.4 mi away

2%4

Richmond Hill50.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%134

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

How far

How far Screven commutes

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

15%

34%

19%

32%

15%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Screven is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Screven are

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

Jobs based in Screven

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Screven residents hold

266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+17%

Jobs based in Screven, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 126. 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.