Work & commute · Suwanee

Work & commute in Suwanee, GA

Most working residents leave Suwanee for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (8%), Alpharetta (5%) and Sandy Springs (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

656 of 9,884 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,228 Suwanee residents head out of town to work, 656 work right here, and 18,728 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Suwanee.

9,228live here, work elsewhere

656live and work here

18,728work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Suwanee goes to work

Atlanta28.6 mi away

8%793

Suwanee (in town)right here

7%656

Alpharetta11.9 mi away

5%525

Sandy Springs19.2 mi away

4%441

Lawrenceville8 mi away

4%371

Peachtree Corners11.2 mi away

3%314

Duluth5.9 mi away

2%229

Buford6.4 mi away

2%223

Dunwoody16 mi away

2%219

Johns Creek8 mi away

2%217

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%5,896

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

How far

How far Suwanee commutes

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

41%

38%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Suwanee is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Suwanee are

19,384 jobs are based in Suwanee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Suwanee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Suwanee

19,384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Suwanee residents hold

9,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+31%

Jobs based in Suwanee, 2013 → 2023: 14,830 → 19,384. 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.