Work & commute · Fayetteville

Work & commute in Fayetteville, GA

Most working residents leave Fayetteville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (16%), Peachtree City (6%) and College Park (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

839 of 8,287 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,448 Fayetteville residents head out of town to work, 839 work right here, and 14,733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayetteville.

7,448live here, work elsewhere

839live and work here

14,733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayetteville goes to work

Atlanta21.9 mi away

16%1,361

Fayetteville (in town)right here

10%839

Peachtree City6.9 mi away

6%518

College Park13.3 mi away

6%461

Sandy Springs33.9 mi away

2%179

South Fulton14.4 mi away

2%143

Union City11.3 mi away

1%123

Jonesboro8.4 mi away

1%109

East Point15.3 mi away

1%101

Newnan18.3 mi away

1%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%4,362

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

How far

How far Fayetteville commutes

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

25%

39%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayetteville is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayetteville are

15,572 jobs are based in Fayetteville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fayetteville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fayetteville

15,572 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Fayetteville residents hold

8,287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+27%

Jobs based in Fayetteville, 2013 → 2023: 12,266 → 15,572. 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.