Work & commute · Alpharetta

Work & commute in Alpharetta, GA

Most working residents leave Alpharetta for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (16%), Sandy Springs (9%) and Roswell (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

5,818 of 31,569 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,751 Alpharetta residents head out of town to work, 5,818 work right here, and 100,831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alpharetta.

25,751live here, work elsewhere

5,818live and work here

100,831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alpharetta goes to work

Alpharetta (in town)right here

18%5,818

Atlanta23 mi away

16%4,911

Sandy Springs11.1 mi away

9%2,726

Roswell5 mi away

5%1,592

Dunwoody9.2 mi away

3%994

Johns Creek4.7 mi away

3%846

Peachtree Corners7.5 mi away

2%650

Brookhaven15 mi away

2%529

Milton5.6 mi away

1%466

Marietta17.4 mi away

1%454

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%12,583

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

How far

How far Alpharetta commutes

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

40%

49%

40%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alpharetta is a job hub

3.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alpharetta are

106,649 jobs are based in Alpharetta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alpharetta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alpharetta

106,649 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Alpharetta residents hold

31,569 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+33%

Jobs based in Alpharetta, 2013 → 2023: 80,367 → 106,649. 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.