Work & commute · Forest Park

Work & commute in Forest Park, GA

Most working residents leave Forest Park for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (17%), College Park (4%) and Sandy Springs (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

388 of 6,544 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 6,156 Forest Park residents head out of town to work, 388 work right here, and 12,365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Park.

6,156live here, work elsewhere

388live and work here

12,365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Park goes to work

Atlanta10.5 mi away

17%1,088

Forest Park (in town)right here

6%388

College Park6.2 mi away

4%253

Sandy Springs21.5 mi away

2%146

East Point7.5 mi away

2%141

South Fulton13 mi away

2%137

Morrow3.2 mi away

2%104

Stockbridge9.5 mi away

1%93

Lake City1.4 mi away

1%89

Jonesboro6.9 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%4,021

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

How far

How far Forest Park commutes

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

40%

39%

13%

40%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Park is a job hub

1.95jobs 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 Forest Park are

12,753 jobs are based in Forest Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forest Park

12,753 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Forest Park residents hold

6,544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+17%

Jobs based in Forest Park, 2013 → 2023: 10,946 → 12,753. 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.