Work & commute · Atlanta

Work & commute in Atlanta, TX

About one in 4 of Atlanta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Texarkana (15%), Texarkana (4%) and Nash (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

530 of 1,917 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,387 Atlanta residents head out of town to work, 530 work right here, and 2,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atlanta.

1,387live here, work elsewhere

530live and work here

2,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atlanta goes to work

Atlanta (in town)right here

28%530

Texarkana23.7 mi away

15%290

Texarkana, AR24.6 mi away

4%78

Nash23.2 mi away

2%42

Longview53.5 mi away

2%40

Mount Pleasant46.8 mi away

2%38

Dallas152.3 mi away

2%38

Tyler86.1 mi away

1%26

Houston240.9 mi away

1%25

Hughes Springs28 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%786

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

How far

How far Atlanta commutes

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

31%

26%

13%

30%

31%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atlanta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Atlanta are

2,674 jobs are based in Atlanta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atlanta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atlanta

2,674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Atlanta residents hold

1,917 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−4%

Jobs based in Atlanta, 2013 → 2023: 2,786 → 2,674. 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.