Work & commute · Tybee Island

Work & commute in Tybee Island, GA

About one in 4 of Tybee Island’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Savannah (22%), Atlanta (4%) and Pooler (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

225 of 909 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 684 Tybee Island residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 1,042 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tybee Island.

684live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

1,042work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tybee Island goes to work

Tybee Island (in town)right here

25%225

Savannah19.8 mi away

22%204

Atlanta239.8 mi away

4%34

Pooler24.3 mi away

3%26

Wilmington Island7 mi away

3%24

Garden City19.5 mi away

1%13

Statesboro61.4 mi away

1%12

Thunderbolt11.5 mi away

1%9

Hinesville45.9 mi away

1%8

Hilton Head Island, SC14.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%348

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

How far

How far Tybee Island commutes

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

30%

34%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tybee Island is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tybee Island are

1,267 jobs are based in Tybee Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tybee Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tybee Island

1,267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Tybee Island residents hold

909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+20%

Jobs based in Tybee Island, 2013 → 2023: 1,055 → 1,267. 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.