Work & commute · Mountain Park

Work & commute in Mountain Park, GA

Most working residents leave Mountain Park for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (18%), Sandy Springs (5%) and Tucker (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

133 of 5,788 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 5,655 Mountain Park residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 2,845 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Park.

5,655live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

2,845work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Park goes to work

Atlanta17.6 mi away

18%1,027

Sandy Springs14.8 mi away

5%266

Tucker4 mi away

4%224

Alpharetta17.5 mi away

3%202

Lawrenceville10.9 mi away

3%183

Mountain Park (in town)right here

2%133

Norcross7.6 mi away

2%118

Peachtree Corners10.2 mi away

2%110

Lilburn3.1 mi away

2%107

Brookhaven11.9 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%3,325

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

How far

How far Mountain Park commutes

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

32%

54%

32%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Park is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Park are

2,978 jobs are based in Mountain Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain Park

2,978 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Mountain Park residents hold

5,788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+1%

Jobs based in Mountain Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,948 → 2,978. 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.