Work & commute · Acworth

Work & commute in Acworth, GA

Most working residents leave Acworth for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (12%), Marietta (8%) and Sandy Springs (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

450 of 11,014 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,564 Acworth residents head out of town to work, 450 work right here, and 7,443 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acworth.

10,564live here, work elsewhere

450live and work here

7,443work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acworth goes to work

Atlanta25.4 mi away

12%1,286

Marietta10.9 mi away

8%873

Sandy Springs20 mi away

5%516

Acworth (in town)right here

4%450

Alpharetta23.4 mi away

3%382

Kennesaw4 mi away

3%328

Woodstock10 mi away

2%270

Roswell19 mi away

2%196

Dunwoody22.7 mi away

1%160

Vinings18.5 mi away

1%156

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%6,397

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Acworth commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

45%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acworth is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Acworth are

7,893 jobs are based in Acworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Acworth

7,893 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Acworth residents hold

11,014 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+43%

Jobs based in Acworth, 2013 → 2023: 5,520 → 7,893. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.