Work & commute · Sandy Springs

Work & commute in Sandy Springs, GA

Most working residents leave Sandy Springs for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (25%), Alpharetta (6%) and Dunwoody (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

7,641 of 50,302 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 42,661 Sandy Springs residents head out of town to work, 7,641 work right here, and 126,685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sandy Springs.

42,661live here, work elsewhere

7,641live and work here

126,685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sandy Springs goes to work

Atlanta12.1 mi away

25%12,379

Sandy Springs (in town)right here

15%7,641

Alpharetta11.1 mi away

6%2,963

Dunwoody3.3 mi away

5%2,300

Roswell7.5 mi away

3%1,537

Marietta10.1 mi away

2%1,071

Brookhaven5.2 mi away

2%1,019

Peachtree Corners8.2 mi away

2%836

Vinings7.5 mi away

1%723

Smyrna9.6 mi away

1%579

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%19,254

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

How far

How far Sandy Springs commutes

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

54%

37%

54%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sandy Springs is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sandy Springs are

134,326 jobs are based in Sandy Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sandy Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sandy Springs

134,326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Sandy Springs residents hold

50,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+29%

Jobs based in Sandy Springs, 2013 → 2023: 104,006 → 134,326. 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.