Work & commute · Brookhaven

Work & commute in Brookhaven, GA

Most working residents leave Brookhaven for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (34%), Sandy Springs (9%) and Alpharetta (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,335 of 25,118 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,783 Brookhaven residents head out of town to work, 1,335 work right here, and 33,639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookhaven.

23,783live here, work elsewhere

1,335live and work here

33,639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookhaven goes to work

Atlanta8.3 mi away

34%8,415

Sandy Springs5.2 mi away

9%2,382

Brookhaven (in town)right here

5%1,335

Alpharetta15 mi away

4%985

Dunwoody5.8 mi away

3%791

Chamblee2.5 mi away

2%556

Peachtree Corners9.5 mi away

2%533

Roswell12.4 mi away

2%414

Marietta13.3 mi away

1%342

Tucker7.9 mi away

1%276

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%9,089

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

How far

How far Brookhaven commutes

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

65%

26%

65%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookhaven is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookhaven are

34,974 jobs are based in Brookhaven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookhaven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookhaven

34,974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Brookhaven residents hold

25,118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+27%

Jobs based in Brookhaven, 2013 → 2023: 27,553 → 34,974. 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.