Work & commute · McDonough

Work & commute in McDonough, GA

Most working residents leave McDonough for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (16%), College Park (4%) and Stockbridge (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

876 of 12,688 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,812 McDonough residents head out of town to work, 876 work right here, and 13,284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McDonough.

11,812live here, work elsewhere

876live and work here

13,284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McDonough goes to work

Atlanta27.3 mi away

16%1,978

McDonough (in town)right here

7%876

College Park22.9 mi away

4%512

Stockbridge7.9 mi away

3%426

Sandy Springs36.3 mi away

2%252

South Fulton28.4 mi away

2%214

Forest Park17.4 mi away

1%178

Alpharetta44.2 mi away

1%169

Conyers17.8 mi away

1%148

Dunwoody35.9 mi away

1%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%7,793

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

How far

How far McDonough commutes

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

22%

30%

38%

22%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McDonough is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McDonough are

14,160 jobs are based in McDonough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McDonough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McDonough

14,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs McDonough residents hold

12,688 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+26%

Jobs based in McDonough, 2013 → 2023: 11,200 → 14,160. 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.