Work & commute · Kennesaw

Work & commute in Kennesaw, GA

Most working residents leave Kennesaw for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (13%), Marietta (8%) and Sandy Springs (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

737 of 16,060 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,323 Kennesaw residents head out of town to work, 737 work right here, and 13,520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennesaw.

15,323live here, work elsewhere

737live and work here

13,520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennesaw goes to work

Atlanta21.8 mi away

13%2,160

Marietta7 mi away

8%1,343

Sandy Springs16 mi away

5%801

Kennesaw (in town)right here

5%737

Alpharetta20.1 mi away

3%557

Roswell15.5 mi away

2%325

Woodstock7.9 mi away

2%273

Dunwoody18.7 mi away

2%271

Smyrna13.1 mi away

2%255

Acworth4 mi away

1%237

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%9,101

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

How far

How far Kennesaw commutes

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

35%

49%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennesaw is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennesaw are

14,257 jobs are based in Kennesaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kennesaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kennesaw

14,257 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Kennesaw residents hold

16,060 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+16%

Jobs based in Kennesaw, 2013 → 2023: 12,321 → 14,257. 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.