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Jobs & commute in Register

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Register works elsewhere

Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. Employers in Register report 25 jobs, against 67 working residents. Hardly any stay in Register for work; outside it, Statesboro is the main destination (22%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Register: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.

67live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
25work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night170
Workday130
170live here− 67head out to work+ 25come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Register on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.37jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Register: the destinations

RegisterPortal: 1 residents work here (1%)Homerville: 1 residents work here (1%)BrookletMetter: 4 residents work here (6%)ChambleeReidsville: 2 residents work here (3%)RinconLawrenceville: 1 residents work here (1%)Garden City: 1 residents work here (1%)Jesup: 2 residents work here (3%)Statesboro: 15 residents work here (22%)Alpharetta: 2 residents work here (3%)Savannah: 9 residents work here (13%)StatesboroSavannahMetterReidsvilleJesupAlpharettaRegister
1
Statesboro7.9 mi away
22%15
2
Savannah46.9 mi away
13%9
3
Metter10.8 mi away
6%4
4
Reidsville23.9 mi away
3%2
5
Jesup53.2 mi away
3%2
6
Alpharetta181.7 mi away
3%2
7
Portal12.3 mi away
1%1
8
Homerville104.7 mi away
1%1
9
Lawrenceville164.2 mi away
1%1
10
Garden City45.4 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%29
The top trips

Where Register 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.

The jobs

Register works in goods: 72% of its jobs

Jobs based in RegisterJobs Register residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms72%19%
Trade, transport & utilities24%21%
Services: health, schools, offices4%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month76%24%
Over $3,333 a month20%61%

Who does it

29 or younger20%30%
30 to 5448%51%
55 and older32%19%
+92%

Jobs based in Register, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 25. 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 Register’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Register takes about 15 minutes

A year of commuting
114 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Register15 min
Georgia28 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Register workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Register gets to work
76%Drive alone
16%Carpool
7%Walk

Share of the 68 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.

How far

How far Register’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miStatesboro: 22% · 7.9 miSavannah: 13% · 46.9 miMetter: 6% · 10.8 miReidsville: 3% · 23.9 miJesup: 3% · 53.2 miAlpharetta: 3% · 181.7 miPortal: 1% · 12.3 miHomerville: 1% · 104.7 miLawrenceville: 1% · 164.2 miGarden City: 1% · 45.4 miStatesboro 22%Savannah 13%Metter 6%Reidsville 3%Jesup 3%Register
RegisterTop destinations (size = commuters)
39%Under 10 mi26 residents
12%10–24 mi8 residents
18%25–50 mi12 residents
31%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 31% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Register: questions

What is the median household income in Register?

$57,000 (±$27,370) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Register?

6.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Register?

15 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Register work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Statesboro (22%, 8 mi), Savannah (13%, 47 mi), Metter (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Register without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Register, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Register

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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.