Work & commute · Dunwoody

Work & commute in Dunwoody, GA

Most working residents leave Dunwoody for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (24%), Sandy Springs (12%) and Alpharetta (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,888 of 22,097 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20,209 Dunwoody residents head out of town to work, 1,888 work right here, and 49,848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunwoody.

20,209live here, work elsewhere

1,888live and work here

49,848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunwoody goes to work

Atlanta13.9 mi away

24%5,241

Sandy Springs3.3 mi away

12%2,724

Dunwoody (in town)right here

9%1,888

Alpharetta9.2 mi away

6%1,270

Brookhaven5.8 mi away

2%541

Peachtree Corners4.9 mi away

2%485

Roswell7.1 mi away

2%464

Chamblee4.2 mi away

2%416

Vinings10.5 mi away

2%338

Marietta13.2 mi away

1%295

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%8,435

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

How far

How far Dunwoody 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

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunwoody is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunwoody are

51,736 jobs are based in Dunwoody. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunwoody’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dunwoody

51,736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Dunwoody residents hold

22,097 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+38%

Jobs based in Dunwoody, 2013 → 2023: 37,479 → 51,736. 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.