Work & commute · Statesboro

Work & commute in Statesboro, GA

About one in 3 of Statesboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Savannah (8%), Pooler (3%) and Atlanta (1%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

3,100 of 9,805 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 6,705 Statesboro residents head out of town to work, 3,100 work right here, and 14,364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Statesboro.

6,705live here, work elsewhere

3,100live and work here

14,364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Statesboro goes to work

Statesboro (in town)right here

32%3,100

Savannah44.9 mi away

8%792

Pooler38.1 mi away

3%325

Atlanta178.5 mi away

1%138

Garden City42.6 mi away

1%104

Hinesville43.5 mi away

1%95

Macon-Bibb County114.5 mi away

1%94

Swainsboro34.1 mi away

1%88

Vidalia39.8 mi away

1%84

Dublin67.5 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,902

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

How far

How far Statesboro commutes

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

42%

25%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Statesboro is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Statesboro are

17,464 jobs are based in Statesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Statesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Statesboro

17,464 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Statesboro residents hold

9,805 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+32%

Jobs based in Statesboro, 2013 → 2023: 13,186 → 17,464. 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.