Grovetown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
8% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Georgia. 1,964 jobs are based in Grovetown, and 5,295 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Grovetown is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Grovetown
Grovetown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Grovetown went from 1,079 in 2013 to 1,964 in 2023, +82%. The jobs ↓
Grovetown and Augusta trade workers both ways
Augusta is the top workplace for Grovetown residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Grovetown come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Grovetown makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Grovetown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Grovetown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Grovetown’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Grovetown’s grade up ($85,660, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grovetown could be anywhere from C to A.
Grovetown works in goods: 37% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grovetown, 2013 → 2023: 1,079 → 1,964. 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 Grovetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
35% of working residents work in Augusta
Where Grovetown clocks in
6% 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 Grovetown to work
About 32% 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.
Grovetown by day and by night
On a workday 5,133 residents head out to work, 162 work right here, and 1,802 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Grovetown on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Getting to work from Grovetown takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grovetown workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,068 commuters (the 8% 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.
Most of Grovetown commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 8,807 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). 3.2% of Grovetown households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grovetown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000, Grovetown ranks 1,036th of 1,822 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 143 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 299 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,034 | Dennis MA | 14,906 | $88K | 6.7% | 4.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,035 | Fraser MI | 14,496 | $64K | 10.4% | 4.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,036 | Grovetown GA | 17,939 | $86K | 11.1% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,037 | Crete Township IL | 23,439 | $80K | 9.0% | 6.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,038 | Leoni Township MI | 13,764 | $77K | 10.4% | 3.8% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | 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 Grovetown, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door is work for 35% of Grovetown
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Augusta. Darker towns draw more of Grovetown’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 Grovetown: questions
What is the median household income in Grovetown?
$85,660 (±$16,611) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grovetown?
11.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grovetown?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grovetown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (35%, 10 mi), Martinez (6%, 8 mi), Evans (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grovetown walkable?
Grovetown is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grovetown without a car?
0% 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 Grovetown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grovetown
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.