Work & commute · Lake

Work & commute in Lake, GA

Most working residents leave Lake for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (18%), College Park (4%) and Forest Park (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,089 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,047 Lake residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 2,232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake.

1,047live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

2,232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake goes to work

Atlanta11.8 mi away

18%200

College Park7.4 mi away

4%47

Lake City (in town)right here

4%42

Forest Park1.4 mi away

4%39

Morrow2 mi away

3%29

South Fulton14 mi away

2%25

Stockbridge8.2 mi away

2%20

Tucker18.3 mi away

1%15

Fayetteville13.3 mi away

1%14

Jonesboro6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%645

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

How far

How far Lake commutes

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

35%

45%

11%

35%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake are

2,274 jobs are based in Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake

2,274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lake residents hold

1,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−5%

Jobs based in Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2,400 → 2,274. 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.