Work & commute · Morrow

Work & commute in Morrow, GA

Most working residents leave Morrow for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (14%), Forest Park (4%) and College Park (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 2,430 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,359 Morrow residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 6,732 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morrow.

2,359live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

6,732work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morrow goes to work

Atlanta13.7 mi away

14%339

Forest Park3.2 mi away

4%88

College Park8.6 mi away

4%87

Morrow (in town)right here

3%71

South Fulton14.8 mi away

2%60

East Point10.2 mi away

2%50

Sandy Springs24.5 mi away

2%48

Jonesboro4.1 mi away

2%47

Lake City2 mi away

1%35

Union City13.1 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,574

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

How far

How far Morrow commutes

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

35%

40%

14%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morrow is a job hub

2.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morrow are

6,803 jobs are based in Morrow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morrow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morrow

6,803 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Morrow residents hold

2,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+3%

Jobs based in Morrow, 2013 → 2023: 6,634 → 6,803. 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.