Work & commute · Marietta

Work & commute in Marietta, GA

Most working residents leave Marietta for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (16%), Sandy Springs (6%) and Alpharetta (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3,288 of 24,937 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,649 Marietta residents head out of town to work, 3,288 work right here, and 65,261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marietta.

21,649live here, work elsewhere

3,288live and work here

65,261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marietta goes to work

Atlanta14.9 mi away

16%4,008

Marietta (in town)right here

13%3,288

Sandy Springs10.1 mi away

6%1,414

Alpharetta17.4 mi away

3%806

Smyrna6.5 mi away

2%531

Dunwoody13.2 mi away

2%456

Roswell12.5 mi away

2%454

Mableton9.9 mi away

2%418

Kennesaw7 mi away

1%373

Vinings7.7 mi away

1%367

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%12,822

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

How far

How far Marietta commutes

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

44%

43%

44%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marietta is a job hub

2.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marietta are

68,549 jobs are based in Marietta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marietta

68,549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Marietta residents hold

24,937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Marietta, 2013 → 2023: 67,104 → 68,549. 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.