Work & commute · Grayson

Work & commute in Grayson, GA

Most working residents leave Grayson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (12%), Lawrenceville (7%) and Alpharetta (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 1,976 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,941 Grayson residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 2,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grayson.

1,941live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

2,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grayson goes to work

Atlanta28.1 mi away

12%240

Lawrenceville4.7 mi away

7%145

Alpharetta21.9 mi away

3%67

Sandy Springs23.7 mi away

3%61

Snellville3.5 mi away

3%54

Tucker14.3 mi away

2%41

Dunwoody20.6 mi away

2%39

Peachtree Corners16.6 mi away

2%36

Grayson (in town)right here

2%35

Duluth13.4 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,231

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

How far

How far Grayson commutes

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

25%

48%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grayson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grayson are

2,269 jobs are based in Grayson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grayson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grayson

2,269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Grayson residents hold

1,976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+52%

Jobs based in Grayson, 2013 → 2023: 1,489 → 2,269. 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.