Work & commute · Temple

Work & commute in Temple, GA

Most working residents leave Temple for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Carrollton (12%), Villa Rica (9%) and Atlanta (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

121 of 2,696 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,575 Temple residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 1,659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Temple.

2,575live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

1,659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Temple goes to work

Carrollton10.9 mi away

12%333

Villa Rica6.4 mi away

9%234

Atlanta34.8 mi away

7%192

Temple (in town)right here

4%121

Douglasville18.7 mi away

4%115

Marietta31.7 mi away

2%65

South Fulton26.4 mi away

2%64

Bremen7.2 mi away

2%58

Mableton26.4 mi away

2%52

Sandy Springs40.2 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,422

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

How far

How far Temple commutes

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

22%

28%

38%

13%

22%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Temple is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Temple are

1,780 jobs are based in Temple. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Temple’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Temple

1,780 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Temple residents hold

2,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+138%

Jobs based in Temple, 2013 → 2023: 749 → 1,780. 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.