Work & commute · Buford

Work & commute in Buford, GA

Most working residents leave Buford for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (7%), Gainesville (5%) and Alpharetta (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

955 of 7,671 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,716 Buford residents head out of town to work, 955 work right here, and 22,682 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buford.

6,716live here, work elsewhere

955live and work here

22,682work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buford goes to work

Buford (in town)right here

12%955

Atlanta35 mi away

7%529

Gainesville15 mi away

5%348

Alpharetta16.6 mi away

4%305

Sandy Springs25.3 mi away

3%244

Lawrenceville11.4 mi away

3%243

Suwanee6.4 mi away

3%221

Sugar Hill3.3 mi away

2%159

Peachtree Corners17.4 mi away

2%120

Duluth12.3 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,448

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

How far

How far Buford commutes

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

32%

40%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buford is a job hub

3.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Buford are

23,637 jobs are based in Buford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buford

23,637 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Buford residents hold

7,671 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+61%

Jobs based in Buford, 2013 → 2023: 14,724 → 23,637. 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.