Work & commute · Porterdale

Work & commute in Porterdale, GA

Most working residents leave Porterdale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (14%), Atlanta (8%) and Conyers (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 733 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 733 Porterdale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Porterdale.

733live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Porterdale goes to work

Covington3.5 mi away

14%101

Atlanta33.1 mi away

8%57

Conyers7.7 mi away

6%44

Sandy Springs36.8 mi away

2%16

Madison24.1 mi away

2%13

McDonough17.3 mi away

1%9

Stonecrest16.2 mi away

1%9

Chamblee31.6 mi away

1%8

Stockbridge19.7 mi away

1%8

Alpharetta40.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%460

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

How far

How far Porterdale commutes

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

29%

20%

43%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Porterdale is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Porterdale are

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

Jobs based in Porterdale

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Porterdale residents hold

733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−14%

Jobs based in Porterdale, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 56. 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.