Work & commute · Chamblee

Work & commute in Chamblee, GA

Most working residents leave Chamblee for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (28%), Sandy Springs (8%) and Alpharetta (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

587 of 10,526 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 9,939 Chamblee residents head out of town to work, 587 work right here, and 26,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chamblee.

9,939live here, work elsewhere

587live and work here

26,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chamblee goes to work

Atlanta10.7 mi away

28%2,925

Sandy Springs5.2 mi away

8%878

Chamblee (in town)right here

6%587

Alpharetta13.2 mi away

4%425

Dunwoody4.2 mi away

4%384

Brookhaven2.5 mi away

3%366

Peachtree Corners7.1 mi away

2%228

Tucker6.2 mi away

2%176

Roswell11.3 mi away

2%173

Doraville2.6 mi away

1%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,235

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

How far

How far Chamblee commutes

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

58%

32%

58%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chamblee is a job hub

2.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chamblee are

27,032 jobs are based in Chamblee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chamblee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chamblee

27,032 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Chamblee residents hold

10,526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+20%

Jobs based in Chamblee, 2013 → 2023: 22,508 → 27,032. 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.