Work & commute · Matthews

Work & commute in Matthews, GA

Most working residents leave Matthews for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wrens (12%), Atlanta (5%) and Martinez (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40 Matthews residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matthews.

40live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matthews goes to work

Wrens5 mi away

12%5

Atlanta127.9 mi away

5%2

Martinez23.8 mi away

5%2

Gibson17.3 mi away

2%1

Blythe8 mi away

2%1

Louisville16.6 mi away

2%1

Thomson20.6 mi away

2%1

Grovetown16.9 mi away

2%1

Waynesboro18.8 mi away

2%1

Eastman86.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%25

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

How far

How far Matthews commutes

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

17%

46%

12%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matthews is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Matthews are

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

Jobs based in Matthews

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Matthews residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+23%

Jobs based in Matthews, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 38. 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.