Work & commute · Dawsonville

Work & commute in Dawsonville, GA

Most working residents leave Dawsonville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cumming (7%), Atlanta (5%) and Alpharetta (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

143 of 2,072 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,929 Dawsonville residents head out of town to work, 143 work right here, and 1,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dawsonville.

1,929live here, work elsewhere

143live and work here

1,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dawsonville goes to work

Cumming15.7 mi away

7%146

Dawsonville (in town)right here

7%143

Atlanta49.4 mi away

5%111

Alpharetta26.5 mi away

5%96

Gainesville19.5 mi away

5%95

Sandy Springs37.4 mi away

4%74

Roswell30.2 mi away

2%39

Dahlonega10.6 mi away

2%36

Marietta40.9 mi away

2%34

Buford23.1 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,271

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

How far

How far Dawsonville commutes

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

18%

36%

38%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dawsonville is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dawsonville are

1,547 jobs are based in Dawsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dawsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dawsonville

1,547 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Dawsonville residents hold

2,072 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+20%

Jobs based in Dawsonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,286 → 1,547. 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.