Ballard School · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Dock Junction’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
4% of workers have no commute at all (Georgia 16%). 27.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.4% for Georgia as a whole. Dock Junction grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dock Junction
Commutes from Dock Junction are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Dock Junction is where the jobs are
Dock Junction has 4,682 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Dock Junction workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Dock Junction workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Dock Junction’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 ↓
Most Dock Junction residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Dock Junction
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dock Junction is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #163 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Dock Junction’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($41,258, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dock Junction could be anywhere from C− to C+.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dock Junction workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,040 commuters (the 4% 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.
Dock Junction by day and by night
On a workday 2,677 residents head out to work, 310 work right here, and 4,372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,800 people are in Dock Junction on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.6 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.
Goods, not services: 35% of the jobs in Dock Junction
4,682 jobs are based in Dock Junction.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dock Junction, 2013 → 2023: 4,847 → 4,682. 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 Dock Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Dock Junction
About 30% 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.
Who travels to work in Dock Junction, and from where
Where Dock Junction clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
For most of Dock Junction, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dock Junction is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #105 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 3,167 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). 4.1% of Dock Junction households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dock Junction’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Dock Junction is 2,377th among 3,007 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 416 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,375 | Sodus NY | 8,201 | $70K | 17.1% | 5.4% | 21% | C |
| 2,376 | Garden Acres CA | 10,667 | $66K | 18.9% | 10.3% | 3% | C |
| 2,377 | Dock Junction GA | 8,147 | $41K | 27.0% | 2.3% | 10% | C |
| 2,378 | Benton IL | 6,558 | $54K | 17.7% | 3.9% | 18% | C |
| 2,379 | Iron Mountain MI | 7,469 | $59K | 13.5% | 4.2% | 43% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Dock Junction, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns next door employ 23% of Dock Junction
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dock Junction workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dock Junction | – | C | B | 17 min | $41,258 |
| Brunswick | 23% | D | B− | 18 min | $40,288 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brunswick. Darker towns draw more of Dock Junction’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 Dock Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Dock Junction?
$41,258 (±$10,577) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dock Junction?
27.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dock Junction?
17 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dock Junction work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brunswick (23%, 5 mi), St. Simons (9%, 8 mi), Savannah (3%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dock Junction walkable?
Dock Junction is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dock Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dock Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dock Junction
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.