Work & commute · Cumming

Work & commute in Cumming, GA

Most working residents leave Cumming for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Alpharetta (10%), Atlanta (9%) and Sandy Springs (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

309 of 3,227 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,918 Cumming residents head out of town to work, 309 work right here, and 15,622 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumming.

2,918live here, work elsewhere

309live and work here

15,622work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumming goes to work

Cumming (in town)right here

10%309

Alpharetta12.3 mi away

10%309

Atlanta34.8 mi away

9%281

Sandy Springs23.3 mi away

5%150

Roswell16.9 mi away

2%73

Gainesville18.3 mi away

2%62

Dunwoody21 mi away

2%55

Brookhaven26.6 mi away

2%51

Johns Creek12.6 mi away

1%41

Peachtree Corners17.4 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,858

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

How far

How far Cumming commutes

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

31%

37%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumming is a job hub

4.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumming are

15,931 jobs are based in Cumming. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumming’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cumming

15,931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cumming residents hold

3,227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−1%

Jobs based in Cumming, 2013 → 2023: 16,170 → 15,931. 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.