Work & commute · Locust Grove

Work & commute in Locust Grove, GA

Most working residents leave Locust Grove for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (15%), McDonough (6%) and College Park (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

204 of 4,354 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,150 Locust Grove residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 4,121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Locust Grove.

4,150live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

4,121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Locust Grove goes to work

Atlanta34.8 mi away

15%639

McDonough7.7 mi away

6%260

Locust Grove (in town)right here

5%204

College Park29.7 mi away

3%149

Stockbridge15.4 mi away

2%93

Griffin11.8 mi away

2%84

Sandy Springs43.9 mi away

2%78

Jackson8.2 mi away

2%73

South Fulton34.6 mi away

1%63

Alpharetta51.7 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%2,653

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

How far

How far Locust Grove commutes

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

22%

20%

46%

12%

22%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Locust Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Locust Grove are

4,325 jobs are based in Locust Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Locust Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Locust Grove

4,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Locust Grove residents hold

4,354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+71%

Jobs based in Locust Grove, 2013 → 2023: 2,523 → 4,325. 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.