Work & commute · Irondale

Work & commute in Irondale, GA

Most working residents leave Irondale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (17%), College Park (5%) and Jonesboro (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 3,443 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,430 Irondale residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irondale.

3,430live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irondale goes to work

Atlanta19.6 mi away

17%581

College Park12.3 mi away

5%186

Jonesboro2.7 mi away

4%140

Fayetteville6.6 mi away

3%100

Sandy Springs31 mi away

2%81

South Fulton16.3 mi away

2%81

Forest Park9.5 mi away

2%77

East Point14.4 mi away

2%73

Union City13.7 mi away

2%58

Peachtree City13.4 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,011

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

How far

How far Irondale commutes

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

20%

46%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irondale is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irondale are

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

Jobs based in Irondale

242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Irondale residents hold

3,443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−22%

Jobs based in Irondale, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 242. 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.