Work & commute · Candler-McAfee

Work & commute in Candler-McAfee, GA

Most working residents leave Candler-McAfee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (30%), Sandy Springs (4%) and College Park (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 9,141 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,064 Candler-McAfee residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 1,923 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Candler-McAfee.

9,064live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

1,923work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Candler-McAfee goes to work

Atlanta9.1 mi away

30%2,746

Sandy Springs15.3 mi away

4%405

College Park12.5 mi away

3%231

Tucker9.1 mi away

2%210

Decatur3.4 mi away

2%186

South Fulton19 mi away

2%185

Dunwoody15.1 mi away

2%164

Stonecrest7.9 mi away

2%161

Chamblee10.8 mi away

2%148

East Point12.3 mi away

1%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,568

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

How far

How far Candler-McAfee commutes

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

44%

43%

44%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Candler-McAfee is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Candler-McAfee are

2,000 jobs are based in Candler-McAfee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Candler-McAfee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Candler-McAfee

2,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Candler-McAfee residents hold

9,141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+5%

Jobs based in Candler-McAfee, 2013 → 2023: 1,902 → 2,000. 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.