Work & commute · Lawrenceville

Work & commute in Lawrenceville, GA

Most working residents leave Lawrenceville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (9%), Sandy Springs (3%) and Alpharetta (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,204 of 12,324 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 11,120 Lawrenceville residents head out of town to work, 1,204 work right here, and 38,992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrenceville.

11,120live here, work elsewhere

1,204live and work here

38,992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawrenceville goes to work

Lawrenceville (in town)right here

10%1,204

Atlanta28 mi away

9%1,104

Sandy Springs21.6 mi away

3%430

Alpharetta18 mi away

3%375

Suwanee8 mi away

3%334

Buford11.4 mi away

2%250

Peachtree Corners13.8 mi away

2%228

Snellville6.5 mi away

2%195

Tucker14.1 mi away

2%188

Dunwoody18.4 mi away

1%184

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%7,832

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

How far

How far Lawrenceville commutes

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

36%

39%

20%

36%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrenceville is a job hub

3.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrenceville are

40,196 jobs are based in Lawrenceville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrenceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lawrenceville

40,196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lawrenceville residents hold

12,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+38%

Jobs based in Lawrenceville, 2013 → 2023: 29,031 → 40,196. 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.