Work & commute · Lula

Work & commute in Lula, GA

Most working residents leave Lula for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (22%), Atlanta (3%) and Oakwood (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,355 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,341 Lula residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lula.

1,341live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lula goes to work

Gainesville12.1 mi away

22%293

Atlanta61.8 mi away

3%47

Oakwood17.6 mi away

3%45

Jefferson18.4 mi away

3%38

Buford26.9 mi away

2%33

Cornelia11.1 mi away

2%30

Commerce16.6 mi away

1%19

Alpharetta41.6 mi away

1%19

Dunwoody48.8 mi away

1%17

Sandy Springs51.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%797

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

How far

How far Lula commutes

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

13%

44%

23%

20%

13%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lula is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lula are

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

Jobs based in Lula

284 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lula residents hold

1,355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+64%

Jobs based in Lula, 2013 → 2023: 173 → 284. 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.