Work & commute · Jonesboro

Work & commute in Jonesboro, GA

Most working residents leave Jonesboro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (16%), College Park (5%) and South Fulton (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 1,772 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 1,691 Jonesboro residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 7,703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jonesboro.

1,691live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

7,703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jonesboro goes to work

Atlanta17.2 mi away

16%281

College Park10.4 mi away

5%84

Jonesboro (in town)right here

5%81

South Fulton15.3 mi away

3%47

Forest Park6.9 mi away

2%35

East Point12.4 mi away

2%35

Sandy Springs28.4 mi away

2%30

Morrow4.1 mi away

2%29

Union City13 mi away

2%29

Peachtree City15.3 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,094

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

How far

How far Jonesboro commutes

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

30%

40%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jonesboro is a job hub

4.39jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jonesboro are

7,784 jobs are based in Jonesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jonesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jonesboro

7,784 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Jonesboro residents hold

1,772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Jonesboro, 2013 → 2023: 7,790 → 7,784. 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.