Work & commute · Winder

Work & commute in Winder, GA

Most working residents leave Winder for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (5%), Lawrenceville (4%) and Braselton (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

594 of 9,325 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,731 Winder residents head out of town to work, 594 work right here, and 5,706 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winder.

8,731live here, work elsewhere

594live and work here

5,706work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winder goes to work

Winder (in town)right here

6%594

Atlanta43.1 mi away

5%457

Lawrenceville15.6 mi away

4%354

Braselton9.4 mi away

3%288

Gainesville21.5 mi away

3%267

Buford17.5 mi away

2%232

Jefferson12.2 mi away

2%207

Alpharetta31.9 mi away

2%157

Sandy Springs37.2 mi away

2%156

Suwanee20 mi away

1%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%6,477

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

How far

How far Winder commutes

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

20%

40%

30%

10%

20%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winder is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winder are

6,300 jobs are based in Winder. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winder’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winder

6,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Winder residents hold

9,325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+40%

Jobs based in Winder, 2013 → 2023: 4,485 → 6,300. 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.