Work & commute · Adairsville

Work & commute in Adairsville, GA

Most working residents leave Adairsville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Calhoun (10%), Cartersville (9%) and Atlanta (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

159 of 2,426 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,267 Adairsville residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 2,441 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adairsville.

2,267live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

2,441work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adairsville goes to work

Calhoun8.9 mi away

10%231

Cartersville15.8 mi away

9%208

Adairsville (in town)right here

7%159

Atlanta50.8 mi away

5%120

Rome16.8 mi away

4%99

Marietta36.1 mi away

2%59

Alpharetta42.5 mi away

1%29

Canton26 mi away

1%28

Sandy Springs43.8 mi away

1%28

Woodstock29.8 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,439

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

How far

How far Adairsville commutes

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

22%

29%

30%

19%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adairsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Adairsville are

2,600 jobs are based in Adairsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adairsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adairsville

2,600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Adairsville residents hold

2,426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+79%

Jobs based in Adairsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,453 → 2,600. 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.