Guyton Historic District · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Guyton (13.6%) is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. For jobs and income Guyton is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Hardly any work in Guyton; the top destination outside it is Savannah (21%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Guyton
Guyton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Guyton is Savannah, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (220) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Guyton 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 ↓
Guyton is a place people come home to
There are 292 jobs based in Guyton, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Guyton
Household income holds Guyton’s grade up ($86,250, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Guyton could be anywhere from D to B.
How far it is to work from Guyton
About 19% 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.
How long Guyton spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guyton workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,119 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who commutes out of Guyton, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,040 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Guyton on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from Guyton ends
Where Guyton clocks in
Lines 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.
36% of the jobs in Guyton make or build things
292 jobs are based in Guyton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guyton, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 292. 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 Guyton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Guyton, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,159 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). 2.7% of Guyton households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Guyton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Guyton places 3,475th of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 262 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 339 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,473 | Clay Township IN | 2,882 | $64K | 9.8% | 11.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,474 | Wellton AZ | 2,671 | $58K | 8.2% | 0.5% | 11% | C− |
| 3,475 | Guyton GA | 3,247 | $86K | 14.7% | 13.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,476 | Wheatland WY | 3,516 | $59K | 9.2% | 4.9% | 48% | C− |
| 3,477 | Mason Township MI | 2,874 | $60K | 22.0% | 6.8% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Guyton, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Guyton: questions
What is the median household income in Guyton?
$86,250 (±$18,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guyton?
14.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guyton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guyton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (21%, 25 mi), Pooler (7%, 18 mi), Springfield (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Guyton walkable?
Guyton is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Guyton 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 Guyton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guyton
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.