Work & commute · College Park

Work & commute in College Park, GA

Most working residents leave College Park for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (26%), East Point (5%) and South Fulton (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

574 of 5,781 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,207 College Park residents head out of town to work, 574 work right here, and 60,434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in College Park.

5,207live here, work elsewhere

574live and work here

60,434work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where College Park goes to work

Atlanta8.7 mi away

26%1,490

College Park (in town)right here

10%574

East Point2.1 mi away

5%289

South Fulton6.9 mi away

3%198

Sandy Springs20.8 mi away

3%162

Union City6.6 mi away

2%115

Hapeville3.4 mi away

1%84

Brookhaven16.8 mi away

1%80

Forest Park6.2 mi away

1%75

Marietta22 mi away

1%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,641

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

How far

How far College Park commutes

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

42%

41%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

College Park is a job hub

10.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in College Park are

61,008 jobs are based in College Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs College Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in College Park

61,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs College Park residents hold

5,781 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+132%

Jobs based in College Park, 2013 → 2023: 26,331 → 61,008. 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.