Work & commute · Avondale Estates

Work & commute in Avondale Estates, GA

Most working residents leave Avondale Estates for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (35%), Sandy Springs (5%) and Decatur (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 1,813 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,748 Avondale Estates residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 1,623 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avondale Estates.

1,748live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

1,623work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avondale Estates goes to work

Atlanta9.1 mi away

35%626

Sandy Springs12.7 mi away

5%86

Decatur1.8 mi away

5%85

Avondale Estates (in town)right here

4%65

Tucker6.4 mi away

2%42

Alpharetta20.9 mi away

2%37

Brookhaven7.6 mi away

2%35

North Decatur3 mi away

2%32

College Park14.4 mi away

2%31

Dunwoody12.2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%748

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

How far

How far Avondale Estates commutes

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

56%

33%

56%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avondale Estates is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avondale Estates are

1,688 jobs are based in Avondale Estates. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avondale Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avondale Estates

1,688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Avondale Estates residents hold

1,813 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+29%

Jobs based in Avondale Estates, 2013 → 2023: 1,304 → 1,688. 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.