Work & commute · Clarkston

Work & commute in Clarkston, GA

Most working residents leave Clarkston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (19%), Tucker (6%) and Sandy Springs (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 5,386 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,307 Clarkston residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 1,956 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkston.

5,307live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

1,956work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkston goes to work

Atlanta11.1 mi away

19%1,032

Tucker3 mi away

6%297

Sandy Springs11 mi away

4%194

East Point16.7 mi away

3%151

Scottdale2 mi away

3%139

Stonecrest10.7 mi away

2%115

Alpharetta17.8 mi away

2%114

Smyrna16.2 mi away

2%104

Dunwoody9.7 mi away

2%98

Chamblee5.8 mi away

2%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,050

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

How far

How far Clarkston commutes

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

47%

39%

47%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkston is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkston are

2,035 jobs are based in Clarkston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarkston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarkston

2,035 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Clarkston residents hold

5,386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+29%

Jobs based in Clarkston, 2013 → 2023: 1,581 → 2,035. 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.