Work & commute · Sylvania

Work & commute in Sylvania, GA

Most working residents leave Sylvania for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Statesboro (8%), Savannah (2%) and Newington (1%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

147 of 851 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 704 Sylvania residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 1,048 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sylvania.

704live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

1,048work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sylvania goes to work

Sylvania (in town)right here

17%147

Statesboro22.8 mi away

8%71

Savannah57.1 mi away

2%16

Newington13.4 mi away

1%12

Waynesboro32.2 mi away

1%11

Atlanta175.4 mi away

1%10

Milledgeville95.7 mi away

1%9

Macon-Bibb County119.4 mi away

1%9

Albany168.9 mi away

1%8

Springfield32.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%551

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

How far

How far Sylvania commutes

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

32%

14%

16%

37%

32%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sylvania is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sylvania are

1,195 jobs are based in Sylvania. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sylvania’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sylvania

1,195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Sylvania residents hold

851 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−9%

Jobs based in Sylvania, 2013 → 2023: 1,308 → 1,195. 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.