Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Allenhurst has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
7% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. There are 44 jobs in Allenhurst, against 283 working residents. Working residents average 28 minutes each way, about the same as across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Allenhurst: the figures worth knowing
Allenhurst is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Allenhurst, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Allenhurst has about 670 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Allenhurst and Hinesville trade workers both ways
Hinesville is the top workplace for Allenhurst residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Allenhurst come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 283 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Allenhurst
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Allenhurst on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Hinesville
Where Allenhurst clocks in
18% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Allenhurst’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allenhurst, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 44. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allenhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Allenhurst takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allenhurst workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Allenhurst commutes less than 32 miles
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns next door employ 18% of Allenhurst
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Allenhurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allenhurst | – | — | — | 28 min | $49,904 |
| Hinesville | 18% | C− | C | 25 min | $60,028 |
| Walthourville | under 2% | B | D | 30 min | $73,647 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hinesville. Darker towns draw more of Allenhurst’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Allenhurst: questions
What is the median household income in Allenhurst?
$49,904 (±$17,275) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allenhurst?
16.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allenhurst?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allenhurst work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hinesville (18%, 3 mi), Savannah (13%, 29 mi), Riceboro (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Allenhurst without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Allenhurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allenhurst
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.