Work & commute · Austell

Work & commute in Austell, GA

Most working residents leave Austell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (18%), Marietta (6%) and Mableton (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 3,819 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,773 Austell residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 2,123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Austell.

3,773live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

2,123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Austell goes to work

Atlanta13.3 mi away

18%680

Marietta10.9 mi away

6%245

Mableton3.9 mi away

6%235

Sandy Springs17.6 mi away

4%157

Smyrna8 mi away

3%121

South Fulton13.2 mi away

3%115

Douglasville6.6 mi away

2%90

Lithia Springs2.6 mi away

2%72

Alpharetta27.4 mi away

2%70

College Park16.1 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,974

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

How far

How far Austell commutes

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

28%

54%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Austell is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Austell are

2,169 jobs are based in Austell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Austell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Austell

2,169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Austell residents hold

3,819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Austell, 2013 → 2023: 2,287 → 2,169. 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.