More people are out of work in Pooler (6.1%) than in 75% of U.S. towns
18,479 jobs are based in Pooler for 11,179 working residents. Pooler grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S. Measured by household income, Pooler is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pooler apart
Jobs in Pooler have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Pooler went from 7,357 in 2013 to 18,479 in 2023, +151%. The jobs ↓
Pooler and Savannah trade workers both ways
Savannah is the top workplace for Pooler residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Pooler come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pooler is where the jobs are
Pooler has 18,479 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in Pooler are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Pooler are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Pooler’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pooler
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pooler is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #70 of 263 in Georgia. Household income holds Pooler’s grade up ($91,766, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pooler could be anywhere from B− to A−.
What Pooler’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pooler, 2013 → 2023: 7,357 → 18,479. 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 Pooler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Pooler, and from where
Where Pooler clocks in
4% of workers
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.
The daily flow of workers through Pooler
On a workday 9,437 residents head out to work, 1,742 work right here, and 16,737 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40,000 people are in Pooler on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.7 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 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pooler workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,722 commuters (the 15% 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.
The commute from Pooler, by distance
About 17% 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.
In Pooler, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pooler is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #191 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 14,962 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Pooler households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pooler’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 23,000 to 44,000, Pooler ranks 746th of 1,283 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Milton GA | 41,266 | $171K | 4.3% | 2.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 247 | Decatur GA | 25,276 | $139K | 6.2% | 4.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 270 | Woodstock GA | 39,895 | $103K | 6.6% | 2.7% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 744 | Manor TX | 23,070 | $85K | 9.8% | 5.7% | 4% | B |
| 745 | Ithaca NY | 33,632 | $49K | 30.4% | 7.3% | 17% | B |
| 746 | Pooler GA | 32,744 | $92K | 7.4% | 6.1% | 16% | B |
| 747 | Monroeville PA | 27,685 | $79K | 10.7% | 4.8% | 16% | B |
| 748 | Princeton FL | 42,625 | $83K | 10.5% | 5.1% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,283 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Pooler, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns next door employ 33% of Pooler
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pooler workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooler | – | B | C+ | 24 min | $91,766 |
| Bloomingdale | under 1% | B | C | 28 min | $60,250 |
| Savannah | 33% | C | A | 21 min | $57,137 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Savannah. Darker towns draw more of Pooler’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 Pooler: questions
What is the median household income in Pooler?
$91,766 (±$5,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pooler?
7.4%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pooler?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pooler work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (33%, 7 mi), Garden City (4%, 5 mi), Atlanta (2%, 216 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pooler walkable?
Pooler is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pooler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pooler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pooler
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.