Work & commute · Douglasville

Work & commute in Douglasville, GA

Most working residents leave Douglasville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (17%), South Fulton (4%) and Mableton (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,271 of 15,274 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,003 Douglasville residents head out of town to work, 1,271 work right here, and 19,492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglasville.

14,003live here, work elsewhere

1,271live and work here

19,492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Douglasville goes to work

Atlanta16.1 mi away

17%2,596

Douglasville (in town)right here

8%1,271

South Fulton9.8 mi away

4%604

Mableton8.9 mi away

4%540

Marietta17.5 mi away

3%509

Sandy Springs23.3 mi away

2%377

Lithia Springs4.4 mi away

2%369

College Park15.2 mi away

2%350

Smyrna13.8 mi away

2%243

Villa Rica12.4 mi away

1%225

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%8,190

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

How far

How far Douglasville commutes

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

23%

51%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Douglasville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglasville are

20,763 jobs are based in Douglasville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Douglasville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Douglasville

20,763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Douglasville residents hold

15,274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Douglasville, 2013 → 2023: 17,691 → 20,763. 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.