Work & commute · Heron Bay

Work & commute in Heron Bay, GA

Most working residents leave Heron Bay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (14%), McDonough (5%) and College Park (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,992 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,983 Heron Bay residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heron Bay.

1,983live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heron Bay goes to work

Atlanta32.2 mi away

14%280

McDonough7.4 mi away

5%105

College Park26.1 mi away

5%93

Griffin8.1 mi away

3%69

Stockbridge13.4 mi away

3%57

Sandy Springs42.2 mi away

2%48

Locust Grove5.3 mi away

2%35

Jonesboro15.7 mi away

2%33

Alpharetta50.8 mi away

1%29

Peachtree City22.1 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%1,215

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

How far

How far Heron Bay commutes

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

22%

43%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heron Bay is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.04 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Heron Bay are

78 jobs are based in Heron Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heron Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Heron Bay

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Heron Bay residents hold

1,992 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−33%

Jobs based in Heron Bay, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 78. 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.