Work & commute · Mableton

Work & commute in Mableton, GA

Most working residents leave Mableton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (22%), Marietta (5%) and Sandy Springs (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,980 of 32,254 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30,274 Mableton residents head out of town to work, 1,980 work right here, and 23,918 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mableton.

30,274live here, work elsewhere

1,980live and work here

23,918work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mableton goes to work

Atlanta9.5 mi away

22%6,937

Mableton (in town)right here

6%1,980

Marietta9.9 mi away

5%1,686

Sandy Springs14.5 mi away

5%1,565

South Fulton12.3 mi away

3%1,101

Smyrna5 mi away

3%1,041

College Park13.5 mi away

2%675

Alpharetta24.9 mi away

2%592

Dunwoody17.6 mi away

2%544

Vinings7.1 mi away

2%531

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%15,602

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

How far

How far Mableton commutes

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

36%

48%

36%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mableton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mableton are

25,898 jobs are based in Mableton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mableton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mableton

25,898 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Mableton residents hold

32,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Mableton, 2013 → 2023: 21,243 → 25,898. 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.