Photo: Hyku on Flickr · CC BY 2.0Brunswick’s household incomes are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
5% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Poverty touches 30.9% of residents; Georgia has 13.4%. For jobs and income Brunswick is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Brunswick, in a few figures
Brunswick is where the jobs are
Brunswick has 12,567 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 23,000 people are in town, 49% more than the 16,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Brunswick are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Brunswick workers earn over $40,000 a year
39% of Brunswick’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Brunswick draws workers from far and wide
The 12,567 jobs in Brunswick are filled from a wide area. Brunswick’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 62% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brunswick
Job access by car holds Brunswick’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brunswick could be anywhere from D to C−.
Brunswick by day and by night
On a workday 3,709 residents head out to work, 1,175 work right here, and 11,392 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23,000 people are in Brunswick on a workday afternoon, 49% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brunswick workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,281 commuters (the 5% 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.
Brunswick is a services town
12,567 jobs are based in Brunswick.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brunswick, 2013 → 2023: 13,313 → 12,567. 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 Brunswick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Brunswick live
Where Brunswick clocks in
10% 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.
The distance from Brunswick to work
About 33% 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.
Getting around Brunswick: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,571 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.3% of Brunswick households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brunswick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Brunswick sits among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
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| 359 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,043 | Lake Los Angeles CA | 13,051 | $61K | 18.9% | 8.7% | 3% | D |
| 2,044 | Lindsay CA | 12,578 | $53K | 33.1% | 17.8% | 15% | D |
| 2,045 | Brunswick GA | 15,730 | $40K | 30.9% | 7.6% | 24% | D |
| 2,046 | Eden NC | 15,500 | $47K | 19.2% | 8.3% | 19% | D |
| 2,047 | Las Vegas NM | 12,574 | $45K | 32.0% | 4.8% | 46% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Brunswick, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns around Brunswick
The biggest share goes to Dock Junction (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brunswick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | – | D | B− | 18 min | $40,288 |
| Dock Junction | 6% | C | B | 17 min | $41,258 |
| Country Club Estates | under 1% | C− | B | 19 min | $52,500 |
| Jekyll Island | 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jekyll Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brunswick’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 Brunswick: questions
What is the median household income in Brunswick?
$40,288 (±$5,184) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brunswick?
30.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brunswick?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brunswick work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Simons (10%, 6 mi), Dock Junction (6%, 5 mi), Savannah (3%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brunswick walkable?
Brunswick is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brunswick without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brunswick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brunswick
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.