Work & commute · Snellville

Work & commute in Snellville, GA

Most working residents leave Snellville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (11%), Lawrenceville (5%) and Sandy Springs (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

398 of 8,817 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,419 Snellville residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 11,507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Snellville.

8,419live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

11,507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Snellville goes to work

Atlanta24.8 mi away

11%999

Lawrenceville6.5 mi away

5%453

Snellville (in town)right here

5%398

Sandy Springs21.4 mi away

4%341

Alpharetta21.1 mi away

3%249

Tucker11.3 mi away

2%208

Peachtree Corners14.9 mi away

2%195

Dunwoody18.4 mi away

2%168

Suwanee13.6 mi away

2%138

Norcross12.6 mi away

1%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%5,536

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

How far

How far Snellville commutes

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

23%

55%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Snellville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Snellville are

11,905 jobs are based in Snellville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Snellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Snellville

11,905 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Snellville residents hold

8,817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+19%

Jobs based in Snellville, 2013 → 2023: 10,037 → 11,905. 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.