Work & commute · East Point

Work & commute in East Point, GA

Most working residents leave East Point for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (30%), College Park (7%) and Sandy Springs (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

844 of 15,493 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 14,649 East Point residents head out of town to work, 844 work right here, and 24,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Point.

14,649live here, work elsewhere

844live and work here

24,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Point goes to work

Atlanta7 mi away

30%4,707

College Park2.1 mi away

7%1,019

East Point (in town)right here

5%844

Sandy Springs19 mi away

4%598

South Fulton6.7 mi away

3%514

Union City7.4 mi away

2%264

Dunwoody20.8 mi away

1%192

Chamblee17.5 mi away

1%189

Brookhaven15.2 mi away

1%187

Smyrna13.5 mi away

1%184

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%6,795

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

How far

How far East Point commutes

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

46%

38%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Point is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Point are

25,676 jobs are based in East Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Point

25,676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs East Point residents hold

15,493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+102%

Jobs based in East Point, 2013 → 2023: 12,714 → 25,676. 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.