Work & commute · Flowery Branch

Work & commute in Flowery Branch, GA

Most working residents leave Flowery Branch for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (11%), Buford (8%) and Alpharetta (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

182 of 4,545 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,363 Flowery Branch residents head out of town to work, 182 work right here, and 4,097 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flowery Branch.

4,363live here, work elsewhere

182live and work here

4,097work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flowery Branch goes to work

Gainesville9.7 mi away

11%521

Buford5.4 mi away

8%347

Flowery Branch (in town)right here

4%182

Alpharetta21.4 mi away

4%175

Lawrenceville15.7 mi away

4%163

Atlanta40.4 mi away

3%145

Oakwood4 mi away

3%141

Suwanee11.8 mi away

2%113

Braselton7.6 mi away

2%111

Sandy Springs30.6 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,590

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

How far

How far Flowery Branch commutes

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

32%

42%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flowery Branch is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Flowery Branch are

4,279 jobs are based in Flowery Branch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flowery Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flowery Branch

4,279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Flowery Branch residents hold

4,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+68%

Jobs based in Flowery Branch, 2013 → 2023: 2,551 → 4,279. 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.