St. Catherine's Island · Photo: William D Bone · CC BY-SA 3.0Crescent has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The trip to work takes 46 minutes on average, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Crescent report 45 jobs for 330 working residents. Only 2% work in Crescent itself; outside it, Brunswick draws the most (12%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Crescent at work: what stands out
Crescent is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Crescent, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crescent has about 600 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Crescent workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Crescent’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Crescent is Brunswick, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (40) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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; with 330 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Crescent on a workday
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Crescent on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
How long Crescent spends getting to work: about 46 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crescent workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 239 commuters (the 12% 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.
Miles to work from Crescent
About 29% 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.
Where Crescent goes to work
Where Crescent clocks in
12% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Crescent
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crescent, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 45. 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 Crescent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Crescent: questions
What is the median household income in Crescent?
$52,344 (±$25,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crescent?
29.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crescent?
46 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crescent work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brunswick (12%, 27 mi), Savannah (7%, 36 mi), Darien (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crescent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crescent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crescent
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.