Work & commute · Riverdale

Work & commute in Riverdale, GA

Most working residents leave Riverdale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (19%), College Park (7%) and South Fulton (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 5,908 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,792 Riverdale residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 5,103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverdale.

5,792live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

5,103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverdale goes to work

Atlanta13.8 mi away

19%1,121

College Park6.2 mi away

7%397

South Fulton11.1 mi away

3%177

East Point8.2 mi away

3%172

Union City9 mi away

3%153

Forest Park5 mi away

2%131

Sandy Springs25.5 mi away

2%121

Riverdale (in town)right here

2%116

Jonesboro4.4 mi away

2%106

Fayetteville8.7 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,308

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

How far

How far Riverdale commutes

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

36%

41%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverdale are

5,219 jobs are based in Riverdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverdale

5,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Riverdale residents hold

5,908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+3%

Jobs based in Riverdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,089 → 5,219. 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.