Work & commute · Social Circle

Work & commute in Social Circle, GA

Most working residents leave Social Circle for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (9%), Monroe (6%) and Atlanta (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

213 of 2,255 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 2,042 Social Circle residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 2,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Social Circle.

2,042live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

2,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Social Circle goes to work

Social Circle (in town)right here

9%213

Covington8.2 mi away

9%193

Monroe10.5 mi away

6%128

Atlanta41.6 mi away

5%124

Conyers15.6 mi away

4%88

Madison14.4 mi away

3%67

Sandy Springs42.5 mi away

2%51

Lawrenceville26.6 mi away

2%37

Dunwoody40 mi away

1%31

Stonecrest25 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,295

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

How far

How far Social Circle commutes

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

26%

25%

38%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Social Circle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Social Circle are

2,401 jobs are based in Social Circle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Social Circle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Social Circle

2,401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Social Circle residents hold

2,255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+25%

Jobs based in Social Circle, 2013 → 2023: 1,920 → 2,401. 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.