Households in Savannah have higher incomes than those in 94% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 4.0%, against 13.8% across Texas. Jobs and income earn Savannah A−; getting around on foot earns it C. 33% of workers work from home, where Texas as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Savannah: the gist
Home offices are common in Savannah
33% of Savannah workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Savannah workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Savannah is a place people come home to
There are 271 jobs based in Savannah, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Savannah has about 3,200 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Savannah’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Savannah is Dallas, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (512) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
The figures behind Savannah’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Savannah is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #155 of 642 in Texas. Household income holds Savannah’s grade up ($142,868, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (10.0%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Savannah could be anywhere from B to A+.
The daily trip from Savannah: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Savannah workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,173 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 works in Savannah, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,503 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Savannah on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
How far it is to work from Savannah
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.
15% of working residents work in Dallas
Where Savannah 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.
What work there is in Savannah: 271 jobs
271 jobs are based in Savannah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Savannah, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 271. 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 Savannah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Savannah gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Savannah is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #441 of 642 in Texas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.0% across Texas, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,222 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.8% of Savannah households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Savannah’s commuters take a bus or train.
Savannah next to U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,700: 817th of 3,306 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Haslet TX | 5,267 | $169K | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Hickory Creek TX | 6,875 | $149K | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Alamo Heights TX | 7,632 | $183K | 2.5% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 815 | Shrewsbury Township PA | 7,158 | $117K | 4.9% | 3.8% | 4% | A− |
| 816 | Longswamp Township PA | 5,716 | $82K | 8.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A− |
| 817 | Savannah TX | 6,469 | $143K | 4.0% | 10.0% | 1% | A− |
| 818 | Johnsburg IL | 6,445 | $121K | 12.1% | 2.7% | 5% | A− |
| 819 | Boston NY | 7,879 | $92K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,306 | 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 Savannah, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
The towns around Savannah
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Savannah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah | – | A− | C | 40 min | $142,868 |
| Little Elm | under 3% | B+ | C | 35 min | $119,219 |
| Prosper | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $195,281 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Savannah’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 Savannah: questions
What is the median household income in Savannah?
$142,868 (±$46,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Savannah?
4.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Savannah?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Savannah work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (15%, 31 mi), Plano (12%, 15 mi), Frisco (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Savannah walkable?
Savannah is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Savannah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Savannah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Savannah
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.