Work & commute · Norcross

Work & commute in Norcross, GA

Most working residents leave Norcross for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (15%), Sandy Springs (6%) and Peachtree Corners (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

379 of 6,733 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,354 Norcross residents head out of town to work, 379 work right here, and 21,619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norcross.

6,354live here, work elsewhere

379live and work here

21,619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norcross goes to work

Atlanta17.3 mi away

15%996

Sandy Springs9.4 mi away

6%423

Norcross (in town)right here

6%379

Peachtree Corners2.6 mi away

6%378

Alpharetta10 mi away

4%267

Dunwoody6.1 mi away

2%154

Chamblee6.7 mi away

2%147

Brookhaven9.3 mi away

2%136

Roswell10.9 mi away

2%132

Tucker6.4 mi away

2%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%3,600

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

How far

How far Norcross commutes

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

46%

42%

46%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norcross is a job hub

3.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norcross are

21,998 jobs are based in Norcross. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norcross’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norcross

21,998 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Norcross residents hold

6,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+22%

Jobs based in Norcross, 2013 → 2023: 18,094 → 21,998. 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.