Work & commute · Buckhead

Work & commute in Buckhead, GA

Most working residents leave Buckhead for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Savannah (26%), Richmond Hill (10%) and Pooler (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,598 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,573 Buckhead residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckhead.

1,573live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckhead goes to work

Savannah11.1 mi away

26%422

Richmond Hill3.9 mi away

10%159

Pooler16.8 mi away

6%90

Garden City16.3 mi away

4%60

Hinesville20.5 mi away

2%39

Atlanta225.8 mi away

2%33

Buckhead (in town)right here

2%25

Riceboro14.6 mi away

1%16

Statesboro49.9 mi away

1%15

Jacksonville, FL108.1 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%726

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

How far

How far Buckhead commutes

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

19%

53%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckhead is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckhead are

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

Jobs based in Buckhead

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Buckhead residents hold

1,598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+558%

Jobs based in Buckhead, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 237. 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.