Work & commute · Lithonia

Work & commute in Lithonia, GA

Most working residents leave Lithonia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (18%), Stonecrest (6%) and Sandy Springs (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,045 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 1,037 Lithonia residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lithonia.

1,037live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lithonia goes to work

Atlanta18.5 mi away

18%185

Stonecrest3.2 mi away

6%61

Sandy Springs21.3 mi away

3%34

Dunwoody19.7 mi away

3%31

Conyers8 mi away

3%27

College Park21.1 mi away

2%26

Tucker10.7 mi away

2%22

Alpharetta26.5 mi away

2%18

Brookhaven16.8 mi away

2%17

South Fulton27.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%610

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

How far

How far Lithonia commutes

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

20%

60%

15%

20%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lithonia is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lithonia are

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

Jobs based in Lithonia

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lithonia residents hold

1,045 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−37%

Jobs based in Lithonia, 2013 → 2023: 519 → 329. 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.