Work & commute · Swainsboro

Work & commute in Swainsboro, GA

About one in 4 of Swainsboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stillmore (6%), Vidalia (4%) and Statesboro (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

723 of 2,622 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,899 Swainsboro residents head out of town to work, 723 work right here, and 3,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swainsboro.

1,899live here, work elsewhere

723live and work here

3,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swainsboro goes to work

Swainsboro (in town)right here

28%723

Stillmore12.2 mi away

6%162

Vidalia26.1 mi away

4%111

Statesboro34.1 mi away

2%63

Wadley19.7 mi away

2%60

Dublin34.8 mi away

2%56

Twin City10.2 mi away

2%40

Metter20.6 mi away

1%38

Macon-Bibb County80.5 mi away

1%37

Savannah77.5 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,295

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

How far

How far Swainsboro commutes

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

35%

14%

18%

32%

35%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swainsboro is a job hub

1.61jobs 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 Swainsboro are

4,230 jobs are based in Swainsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swainsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swainsboro

4,230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Swainsboro residents hold

2,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+4%

Jobs based in Swainsboro, 2013 → 2023: 4,081 → 4,230. 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.