Work & commute · Cartersville

Work & commute in Cartersville, GA

Most working residents leave Cartersville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (5%), Marietta (3%) and Rome (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,997 of 10,603 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,606 Cartersville residents head out of town to work, 1,997 work right here, and 16,087 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cartersville.

8,606live here, work elsewhere

1,997live and work here

16,087work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cartersville goes to work

Cartersville (in town)right here

19%1,997

Atlanta35.2 mi away

5%573

Marietta20.8 mi away

3%350

Rome23.1 mi away

2%234

Sandy Springs29.6 mi away

2%223

Calhoun24.3 mi away

2%210

Alpharetta30.9 mi away

2%174

Kennesaw13.8 mi away

1%149

Acworth9.9 mi away

1%142

Woodstock17 mi away

1%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%6,437

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

How far

How far Cartersville commutes

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

32%

26%

32%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cartersville is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cartersville are

18,084 jobs are based in Cartersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cartersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cartersville

18,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cartersville residents hold

10,603 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+17%

Jobs based in Cartersville, 2013 → 2023: 15,444 → 18,084. 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.