Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Jesup have lower incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Jesup grades D− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Below the poverty line: 20.9% of residents, next to 13.4% across Georgia. Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Jesup
Jesup draws workers from far and wide
The 6,106 jobs in Jesup are filled from a wide area. Jesup’s own residents hold 18% and the ten next-biggest home towns 9%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Jesup is where the jobs are
Jesup has 6,106 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Jesup 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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.
Inside Jesup’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Jesup’s grade up (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (11.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jesup could be anywhere from D− to D.
Where Jesup’s workers come from
Where Jesup clocks in
2% 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.
A workday in Jesup: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,363 residents head out to work, 1,107 work right here, and 4,999 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Jesup on a workday afternoon, 26% more than live here.
1.8 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 25 minutes each way, quicker than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jesup workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,087 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.
Jesup’s commute, mile by mile
About 35% 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.
Inside Jesup’s 6,106 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jesup, 2013 → 2023: 5,395 → 6,106. 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 Jesup’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Jesup gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jesup is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #102 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Jesup near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,206 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). 15.4% of Jesup households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jesup’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Jesup compares with U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 426 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 596 | Druid Hills GA | 8,169 | $130K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,835 | Hornell NY | 8,024 | $47K | 23.3% | 11.4% | 31% | D− |
| 2,836 | Smoky Hill Township KS | 9,191 | $51K | 22.3% | 14.7% | 3% | D− |
| 2,837 | Jesup GA | 10,301 | $47K | 20.9% | 11.1% | 32% | D− |
| 2,838 | Sweet Home OR | 10,308 | $57K | 19.4% | 10.6% | 16% | D− |
| 2,839 | Lamesa TX | 8,103 | $49K | 22.7% | 7.3% | 34% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | 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 Jesup, 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 Jesup: questions
What is the median household income in Jesup?
$46,974 (±$15,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jesup?
20.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jesup?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jesup work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (5%, 50 mi), Hinesville (2%, 23 mi), Riceboro (2%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jesup walkable?
Jesup is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jesup without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jesup, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jesup
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.