Work & commute · Whitemarsh Island

Work & commute in Whitemarsh Island, GA

Most working residents leave Whitemarsh Island for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (44%), Pooler (4%) and Wilmington Island (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

112 of 3,006 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,894 Whitemarsh Island residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,034 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitemarsh Island.

2,894live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,034work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitemarsh Island goes to work

Savannah10.7 mi away

44%1,329

Pooler15.2 mi away

4%122

Wilmington Island3.1 mi away

4%113

Whitemarsh Island (in town)right here

4%112

Tybee Island9.3 mi away

3%77

Garden City10.4 mi away

2%66

Atlanta231.2 mi away

2%58

Thunderbolt2.2 mi away

2%55

Talahi Island2.2 mi away

1%31

Skidaway Island6.7 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,014

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

How far

How far Whitemarsh Island commutes

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

61%

18%

19%

61%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitemarsh Island is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitemarsh Island are

1,146 jobs are based in Whitemarsh Island. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitemarsh Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitemarsh Island

1,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Whitemarsh Island residents hold

3,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in Whitemarsh Island, 2013 → 2023: 1,136 → 1,146. 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.