Savannah

Population & Demographics

Savannah, GA

Savannah is home to 147,898 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 62,799 resident workers commute each day.

GeorgiaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
147,898
people
Population

147,898 residents

Median age 34.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Savannah population & demographics

Who lives in Savannah — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
147,898
Median age
34.0yrs
Median household income
$57,137
Median home value
$248,900
Median gross rent
$1,382/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.3%
Poverty rate
19.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Savannah

How Savannah breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black50.9%
White34.6%
Hispanic or Latino7.5%
Two or more races3.4%
Asian2.9%
Some other race0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Savannah

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Savannah.

Savannah at a glance
Employed Residents
62,799
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
50.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Pooler
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Savannah proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Savannah commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

71
Commute Score

71 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Savannah

62,799 commutes, one dot at a time

Savannah

Where 62,799 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Savannah, by worker count.

1Savannah0.0 mi31,747
2Pooler9.3 mi4,147
3Garden City4.3 mi1,919
4Atlanta224.7 mi1,192
5Skidaway Island9.1 mi675
6Richmond Hill14.4 mi546
7Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance)109.7 mi511
8Port Wentworth9.8 mi505

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Savannah.

1Savannah0.0 mi31,747
2Pooler9.3 mi3,973
3Wilmington Island8.6 mi2,940
4Georgetown8.0 mi2,391
5Richmond Hill14.4 mi1,873
6Hinesville33.0 mi1,653
7Port Wentworth9.8 mi1,612
8Garden City4.3 mi1,571

Top industries

The sectors that employ Savannah’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance20.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services11.3%
RTRetail Trade10.5%
EDEducational Services9.0%
PAPublic Administration5.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.9%
COConstruction3.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Savannah

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps84%
8 Gbps2%
See all internet providers in Savannah

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).