Work & commute · Doraville

Work & commute in Doraville, GA

Most working residents leave Doraville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (20%), Sandy Springs (7%) and Chamblee (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 3,367 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 3,184 Doraville residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 11,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doraville.

3,184live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

11,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doraville goes to work

Atlanta13.3 mi away

20%687

Sandy Springs5.9 mi away

7%251

Doraville (in town)right here

5%183

Chamblee2.6 mi away

5%169

Dunwoody3.4 mi away

4%128

Alpharetta11.2 mi away

4%119

Peachtree Corners4.6 mi away

3%110

Tucker5.8 mi away

2%76

Brookhaven5.1 mi away

2%70

Norcross4.2 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,505

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

How far

How far Doraville commutes

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

52%

38%

52%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doraville is a job hub

3.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Doraville are

11,852 jobs are based in Doraville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Doraville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Doraville

11,852 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Doraville residents hold

3,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Doraville, 2013 → 2023: 9,872 → 11,852. 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.