Work & commute · Fairburn

Work & commute in Fairburn, GA

Most working residents leave Fairburn for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (20%), College Park (6%) and South Fulton (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

341 of 7,180 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,839 Fairburn residents head out of town to work, 341 work right here, and 8,796 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairburn.

6,839live here, work elsewhere

341live and work here

8,796work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairburn goes to work

Atlanta17.6 mi away

20%1,435

College Park9.6 mi away

6%417

Fairburn (in town)right here

5%341

South Fulton6.1 mi away

4%317

Union City3.5 mi away

4%252

Sandy Springs29.3 mi away

3%228

East Point10.8 mi away

3%198

Peachtree City10.8 mi away

2%159

Fayetteville9.5 mi away

2%121

Dunwoody31.4 mi away

2%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,598

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

How far

How far Fairburn commutes

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

20%

50%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairburn are

9,137 jobs are based in Fairburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairburn

9,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fairburn residents hold

7,180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+52%

Jobs based in Fairburn, 2013 → 2023: 6,006 → 9,137. 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.