Work & commute · Commerce

Work & commute in Commerce, GA

Most working residents leave Commerce for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson (7%), Gainesville (5%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

458 of 3,507 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,049 Commerce residents head out of town to work, 458 work right here, and 6,556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Commerce.

3,049live here, work elsewhere

458live and work here

6,556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Commerce goes to work

Commerce (in town)right here

13%458

Jefferson9 mi away

7%250

Gainesville20.9 mi away

5%175

Atlanta62.6 mi away

3%109

Braselton20.6 mi away

2%69

Buford30.1 mi away

1%39

Lawrenceville34.6 mi away

1%36

Sandy Springs54.7 mi away

1%33

Oakwood23.4 mi away

1%31

Alpharetta46.6 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%2,280

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

How far

How far Commerce commutes

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

30%

31%

19%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Commerce is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Commerce are

7,014 jobs are based in Commerce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Commerce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Commerce

7,014 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Commerce residents hold

3,507 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+76%

Jobs based in Commerce, 2013 → 2023: 3,982 → 7,014. 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.