Work & commute · Talahi Island

Work & commute in Talahi Island, GA

Most working residents leave Talahi Island for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (43%), Tybee Island (4%) and Pooler (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 512 Talahi Island residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Talahi Island.

512live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Talahi Island goes to work

Savannah12.9 mi away

43%227

Tybee Island7.2 mi away

4%23

Pooler17.1 mi away

4%22

Wilmington Island2.3 mi away

4%22

Garden City12.3 mi away

3%18

Thunderbolt4.3 mi away

3%14

Whitemarsh Island2.2 mi away

2%13

Talahi Island (in town)right here

2%11

Atlanta232.9 mi away

2%9

Bluffton, SC12.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%158

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

How far

How far Talahi Island commutes

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

58%

25%

16%

58%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Talahi Island is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Talahi Island are

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

Jobs based in Talahi Island

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Talahi Island residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+74%

Jobs based in Talahi Island, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 151. 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.