Work & commute · Ball Ground

Work & commute in Ball Ground, GA

Most working residents leave Ball Ground for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Canton (11%), Atlanta (7%) and Alpharetta (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 1,080 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,056 Ball Ground residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ball Ground.

1,056live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

551work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ball Ground goes to work

Canton9.6 mi away

11%117

Atlanta40.2 mi away

7%71

Alpharetta19.6 mi away

4%38

Jasper9.3 mi away

3%33

Woodstock18.6 mi away

3%32

Marietta28.7 mi away

3%32

Cumming16.4 mi away

3%29

Sandy Springs28.5 mi away

3%28

Roswell21 mi away

2%25

Ball Ground (in town)right here

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%651

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

How far

How far Ball Ground commutes

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

24%

34%

35%

24%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ball Ground is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ball Ground are

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

Jobs based in Ball Ground

575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ball Ground residents hold

1,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+100%

Jobs based in Ball Ground, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 575. 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.