Work & commute · Alto

Work & commute in Alto, GA

Most working residents leave Alto for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (12%), Cornelia (9%) and Baldwin (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 395 Alto residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alto.

395live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alto goes to work

Gainesville19 mi away

12%49

Cornelia4.3 mi away

9%35

Baldwin2.8 mi away

5%18

Commerce18.2 mi away

3%13

Clarkesville10.4 mi away

2%9

Cleveland14.1 mi away

2%9

Atlanta68.7 mi away

2%9

Oakwood24.5 mi away

2%6

Homer9.8 mi away

1%5

Lawrenceville42.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%237

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

How far

How far Alto commutes

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

22%

37%

17%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alto is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alto are

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

Jobs based in Alto

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Alto residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+85%

Jobs based in Alto, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 48. 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.