Work & commute · Arcade

Work & commute in Arcade, GA

Most working residents leave Arcade for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson (13%), Commerce (3%) and Gainesville (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 837 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 832 Arcade residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcade.

832live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcade goes to work

Jefferson6.1 mi away

13%105

Commerce10.2 mi away

3%28

Gainesville22.8 mi away

3%26

Atlanta55.6 mi away

3%22

Braselton16.4 mi away

2%16

Lawrenceville27.9 mi away

2%15

Sandy Springs49.2 mi away

1%11

Buford26.5 mi away

1%9

Oakwood22.8 mi away

1%8

Suwanee30.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%589

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

How far

How far Arcade commutes

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

24%

37%

20%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcade is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcade are

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

Jobs based in Arcade

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Arcade residents hold

837 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+22%

Jobs based in Arcade, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 268. 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.