Greyfield · Photo: Lecrosby · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 4.5 jobs in Kings Bay Base for every working resident, and 1,541 people commute in
There are 1,545 jobs in Kings Bay Base, and 341 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Kings Bay Base C−; getting around on foot earns it A−. 32% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kings Bay Base, in a few figures
Kings Bay Base has far more jobs than workers
Kings Bay Base has 1,545 jobs, 4.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,400 people are in town, 54% more than the 2,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
75% 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 ↓
Commutes from Kings Bay Base are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 123 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 341 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Kings Bay Base’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Kings Bay Base is better than 23% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Kings Bay Base’s grade up ($78,000, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (28.7%) is left out: Kings Bay Base’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kings Bay Base could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves Kings Bay Base for work, and who comes in
On a workday 337 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 3,400 people are in Kings Bay Base on a workday afternoon, 54% more than live here.
4.5 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Kings Bay Base to work
About 75% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting to work from Kings Bay Base takes about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kings Bay Base workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 960 commuters (the 32% 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.
Where Kings Bay Base’s workforce comes from
Where Kings Bay Base clocks in
8% of workers
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.
Most jobs in Kings Bay Base are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kings Bay Base, 2014 → 2024: 823 → 1,545. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kings Bay Base’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Kings Bay Base, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kings Bay Base is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 37.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Georgia, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,409 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). 1.7% of Kings Bay Base households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Kings Bay Base’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kings Bay Base is 4,010th of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 210 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,008 | Pelican Rapids MN | 2,608 | $64K | 16.6% | 4.5% | 24% | C− |
| 4,009 | Union Township IN | 2,887 | $56K | 23.5% | 2.5% | 37% | C− |
| 4,010 | Kings Bay Base GA | 2,210 | $78K | 21.2% | 28.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,011 | Agua Dulce TX | 2,697 | $47K | 20.4% | 5.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,012 | Lake Odessa MI | 2,089 | $63K | 13.5% | 9.5% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Kings Bay Base, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
How Kings Bay Base compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to St. Marys (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kings Bay Base workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Bay Base | – | C− | A− | 12 min | $78,000 |
| St. Marys | 4% | C− | B− | 26 min | $74,288 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kings Bay Base’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 2024, 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 Kings Bay Base: questions
What is the median household income in Kings Bay Base?
$78,000 (±$19,267) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kings Bay Base?
21.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kings Bay Base?
12 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kings Bay Base work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jacksonville (8%, 32 mi), Atlanta (6%, 264 mi), Savannah (4%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kings Bay Base walkable?
Kings Bay Base is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 38% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kings Bay Base without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kings Bay Base, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kings Bay Base
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.