Work & commute · Griffin

Work & commute in Griffin, GA

Most working residents leave Griffin for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (7%), Peachtree City (3%) and McDonough (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,636 of 9,400 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 7,764 Griffin residents head out of town to work, 1,636 work right here, and 11,788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Griffin.

7,764live here, work elsewhere

1,636live and work here

11,788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Griffin goes to work

Griffin (in town)right here

17%1,636

Atlanta36.9 mi away

7%646

Peachtree City20.1 mi away

3%254

McDonough15.3 mi away

2%171

College Park29.7 mi away

1%139

Fayetteville18.4 mi away

1%135

Stockbridge19.9 mi away

1%118

Sandy Springs47.9 mi away

1%116

Alpharetta57.2 mi away

1%102

Marietta51.5 mi away

1%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%5,990

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

How far

How far Griffin commutes

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

28%

23%

31%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Griffin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Griffin are

13,424 jobs are based in Griffin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Griffin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Griffin

13,424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Griffin residents hold

9,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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Jobs based in Griffin, 2013 → 2023: 13,549 → 13,424. 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.