Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, GA

Most working residents leave Canton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (8%), Alpharetta (4%) and Sandy Springs (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,670 of 13,952 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,282 Canton residents head out of town to work, 1,670 work right here, and 15,645 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

12,282live here, work elsewhere

1,670live and work here

15,645work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

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Where Canton goes to work

Canton (in town)right here

12%1,670

Atlanta33.7 mi away

8%1,114

Alpharetta17.4 mi away

4%627

Sandy Springs22.9 mi away

4%593

Marietta20.5 mi away

4%543

Woodstock10 mi away

4%512

Roswell16.4 mi away

2%347

Holly Springs5.5 mi away

2%242

Cumming20.6 mi away

1%141

Dunwoody23.5 mi away

1%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%8,028

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

26%

41%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

17,315 jobs are based in Canton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canton

17,315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Canton residents hold

13,952 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+39%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 12,427 → 17,315. 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.