Work & commute · Duluth

Work & commute in Duluth, GA

Most working residents leave Duluth for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (13%), Alpharetta (6%) and Sandy Springs (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
762 of 14,162 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,400 Duluth residents head out of town to work, 762 work right here, and 15,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duluth.

13,400live here, work elsewhere
762live and work here
15,647work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Duluth goes to work

Berkeley LakeNorcrossSugar HillSuwaneeDuluthLawrencevilleDunwoodyPeachtree CornersRoswellSandy SpringsJohns CreekAlpharettaAtlantaAtlantaAlpharettaSandy SpringsPeachtree CornersLawrencevilleJohns CreekDunwoodyNorcrossSuwaneeDuluth
1
Atlanta22.7 mi away
13%1,817
2
Alpharetta8.5 mi away
6%895
3
Duluth (in town)right here
5%762
4
Sandy Springs13.4 mi away
5%742
54%534
6
Lawrenceville9.7 mi away
3%396
7
Johns Creek3.7 mi away
3%392
8
Dunwoody10.2 mi away
3%361
9
Norcross5.4 mi away
2%259
10
Suwanee5.9 mi away
2%251
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%7,753

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

How far

How far Duluth commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
5%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Duluth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Duluth are

16,409 jobs are based in Duluth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Duluth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Duluth

16,409 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Duluth residents hold

14,162 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 month24%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+25%

Jobs based in Duluth, 2013 → 2023: 13,145 → 16,409. 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.

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