Work & commute · Roswell

Work & commute in Roswell, GA

Most working residents leave Roswell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (17%), Alpharetta (11%) and Sandy Springs (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

4,527 of 42,012 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,485 Roswell residents head out of town to work, 4,527 work right here, and 42,701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roswell.

37,485live here, work elsewhere

4,527live and work here

42,701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roswell goes to work

Atlanta19.5 mi away

17%7,129

Roswell (in town)right here

11%4,527

Alpharetta5 mi away

11%4,419

Sandy Springs7.5 mi away

10%4,066

Dunwoody7.1 mi away

3%1,278

Peachtree Corners8.4 mi away

2%870

Marietta12.5 mi away

2%848

Johns Creek8.4 mi away

2%722

Brookhaven12.4 mi away

2%689

Vinings14 mi away

1%476

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%16,988

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

How far

How far Roswell commutes

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

43%

45%

43%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roswell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roswell are

47,228 jobs are based in Roswell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roswell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roswell

47,228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Roswell residents hold

42,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+10%

Jobs based in Roswell, 2013 → 2023: 43,101 → 47,228. 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.