Work & commute · Stockbridge

Work & commute in Stockbridge, GA

Most working residents leave Stockbridge for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (19%), College Park (4%) and McDonough (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

778 of 15,400 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,622 Stockbridge residents head out of town to work, 778 work right here, and 13,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stockbridge.

14,622live here, work elsewhere

778live and work here

13,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stockbridge goes to work

Atlanta19.4 mi away

19%2,884

Stockbridge (in town)right here

5%778

College Park15.3 mi away

4%645

McDonough7.9 mi away

3%408

Sandy Springs28.8 mi away

2%341

Jonesboro7 mi away

1%228

Forest Park9.5 mi away

1%228

South Fulton21.4 mi away

1%221

Alpharetta37.5 mi away

1%216

East Point16.9 mi away

1%203

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%9,248

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

How far

How far Stockbridge commutes

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

23%

46%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stockbridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stockbridge are

14,023 jobs are based in Stockbridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stockbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stockbridge

14,023 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Stockbridge residents hold

15,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+26%

Jobs based in Stockbridge, 2013 → 2023: 11,147 → 14,023. 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.