Work & commute · Thunderbolt

Work & commute in Thunderbolt, GA

Most working residents leave Thunderbolt for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (44%), Pooler (5%) and Garden City (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 871 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 845 Thunderbolt residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thunderbolt.

845live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thunderbolt goes to work

Savannah8.6 mi away

44%385

Pooler13 mi away

5%43

Garden City8.2 mi away

3%30

Thunderbolt (in town)right here

3%26

Atlanta229.1 mi away

2%19

Whitemarsh Island2.2 mi away

1%12

Wilmington Island5.1 mi away

1%12

Tybee Island11.5 mi away

1%10

Statesboro50.6 mi away

1%8

Sandy Springs232.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%318

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

How far

How far Thunderbolt commutes

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

60%

15%

23%

60%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thunderbolt is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thunderbolt are

1,143 jobs are based in Thunderbolt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thunderbolt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thunderbolt

1,143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Thunderbolt residents hold

871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+71%

Jobs based in Thunderbolt, 2013 → 2023: 668 → 1,143. 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.