Work & commute · Sterling

Work & commute in Sterling, GA

Most working residents leave Sterling for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brunswick (28%), Dock Junction (9%) and St. Simons (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 970 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 956 Sterling residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 420 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sterling.

956live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

420work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sterling goes to work

Brunswick9.9 mi away

28%269

Dock Junction4.6 mi away

9%88

St. Simons11.3 mi away

7%72

Savannah56.1 mi away

2%23

Jacksonville, FL64.2 mi away

2%21

Atlanta240.5 mi away

2%15

Sterling (in town)right here

1%14

Jekyll Island15.9 mi away

1%12

Macon-Bibb County164.9 mi away

1%11

St. Marys34.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%435

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

How far

How far Sterling commutes

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

55%

14%

26%

55%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sterling is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sterling are

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

Jobs based in Sterling

434 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sterling residents hold

970 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+16%

Jobs based in Sterling, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 434. 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.