Work & commute · Druid Hills

Work & commute in Druid Hills, GA

Most working residents leave Druid Hills for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (49%), Sandy Springs (5%) and Alpharetta (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 3,936 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,843 Druid Hills residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 2,091 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Druid Hills.

3,843live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

2,091work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Druid Hills goes to work

Atlanta5.6 mi away

49%1,939

Sandy Springs10.4 mi away

5%192

Druid Hills (in town)right here

2%93

Alpharetta20.1 mi away

2%80

Brookhaven5.3 mi away

2%79

Decatur2.1 mi away

2%77

Dunwoody10.9 mi away

2%65

North Druid Hills2.5 mi away

1%56

College Park12.5 mi away

1%52

North Decatur2.8 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,255

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

How far

How far Druid Hills commutes

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

68%

23%

68%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Druid Hills is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Druid Hills are

2,184 jobs are based in Druid Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Druid Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Druid Hills

2,184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Druid Hills residents hold

3,936 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+42%

Jobs based in Druid Hills, 2013 → 2023: 1,541 → 2,184. 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.