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Work & commute in Palmetto, GA

Most working residents leave Palmetto for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (14%), College Park (4%) and South Fulton (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
48 of 2,352 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,304 Palmetto residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 1,048 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmetto.

2,304live here, work elsewhere
48live and work here
1,048work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Palmetto goes to work

PalmettoCollege ParkTyroneFairburnEast PointPeachtree CityNewnanUnion CitySandy SpringsSouth FultonChattahoochee HillsAtlantaAtlantaCollege ParkSouth FultonPeachtree CityUnion CityFairburnNewnanEast PointSandy SpringsPalmetto
1
Atlanta21.2 mi away
14%333
2
College Park14.1 mi away
4%105
3
South Fulton8.5 mi away
4%105
4
Peachtree City12 mi away
3%77
5
Union City7.5 mi away
3%75
6
Fairburn5.2 mi away
3%74
7
Newnan12.8 mi away
3%70
8
East Point14.8 mi away
3%61
9
Sandy Springs32.3 mi away
2%53
10
Palmetto (in town)right here
2%48
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%1,351

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

How far

How far Palmetto commutes

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

18%Under 10 mi
41%10–24 mi
31%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Palmetto is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmetto are

1,096 jobs are based in Palmetto. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Palmetto’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Palmetto

1,096 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Palmetto residents hold

2,352 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+61%

Jobs based in Palmetto, 2013 → 2023: 682 → 1,096. 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.

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