Work & commute · Woodstock

Work & commute in Woodstock, GA

Most working residents leave Woodstock for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (9%), Alpharetta (7%) and Sandy Springs (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,303 of 17,341 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,038 Woodstock residents head out of town to work, 1,303 work right here, and 19,876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodstock.

16,038live here, work elsewhere

1,303live and work here

19,876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodstock goes to work

Atlanta24.1 mi away

9%1,628

Woodstock (in town)right here

8%1,303

Alpharetta13.9 mi away

7%1,221

Sandy Springs14.4 mi away

7%1,137

Marietta10.5 mi away

5%889

Roswell10.3 mi away

4%768

Canton10 mi away

2%431

Dunwoody16 mi away

2%324

Peachtree Corners18.6 mi away

1%219

Kennesaw7.9 mi away

1%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%9,206

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

How far

How far Woodstock commutes

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

30%

53%

11%

30%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodstock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodstock are

21,179 jobs are based in Woodstock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodstock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodstock

21,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Woodstock residents hold

17,341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+105%

Jobs based in Woodstock, 2013 → 2023: 10,335 → 21,179. 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.