Work & commute · Lovejoy

Work & commute in Lovejoy, GA

Most working residents leave Lovejoy for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (17%), College Park (5%) and Jonesboro (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 4,043 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,980 Lovejoy residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 1,345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lovejoy.

3,980live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

1,345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lovejoy goes to work

Atlanta22.9 mi away

17%700

College Park16 mi away

5%201

Jonesboro5.7 mi away

3%136

Fayetteville8.9 mi away

2%97

Forest Park12.4 mi away

2%91

South Fulton20.2 mi away

2%88

Sandy Springs33.8 mi away

2%85

Stockbridge7.7 mi away

2%79

East Point18.1 mi away

2%78

McDonough9.8 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,415

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

How far

How far Lovejoy commutes

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

20%

44%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lovejoy is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lovejoy are

1,408 jobs are based in Lovejoy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lovejoy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lovejoy

1,408 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lovejoy residents hold

4,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Lovejoy, 2013 → 2023: 1,253 → 1,408. 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.