Work & commute · East Griffin

Work & commute in East Griffin, GA

Most working residents leave East Griffin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Griffin (17%), Atlanta (7%) and Sandy Springs (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 624 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 620 East Griffin residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Griffin.

620live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Griffin goes to work

Griffin2.3 mi away

17%107

Atlanta37.5 mi away

7%44

Sandy Springs48.2 mi away

2%13

Locust Grove9.9 mi away

2%11

Stockbridge19.8 mi away

2%11

Forest Park27 mi away

1%9

Fayetteville19.9 mi away

1%8

Hampton10.2 mi away

1%7

McDonough14.4 mi away

1%7

Peachtree City22 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%400

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

How far

How far East Griffin commutes

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

30%

23%

30%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Griffin is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Griffin are

334 jobs are based in East Griffin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Griffin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Griffin

334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs East Griffin residents hold

624 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−65%

Jobs based in East Griffin, 2013 → 2023: 965 → 334. 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.