Atlanta

City Commute Profile

Atlanta, GA

Where Atlanta’s 234,670 resident workers go each day — 43.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Sandy Springs.

GeorgiaLODES 2023 data
53
Commute Score

53 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Atlanta at a glance
Employed Residents
234,670
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
43.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
29.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Sandy Springs
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Atlanta proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Atlanta commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Atlanta

234,670 commutes, one dot at a time

Atlanta

Where 234,670 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Atlanta, by worker count.

1Atlanta0.0 mi100,964
2Sandy Springs12.1 mi12,771
3College Park8.8 mi6,789
4Alpharetta22.5 mi4,685
5South Fulton12.8 mi4,327
6Dunwoody13.3 mi4,279
7Brookhaven8.2 mi3,954
8Marietta15.4 mi3,300

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Atlanta.

1Atlanta0.0 mi100,964
2South Fulton12.8 mi13,807
3Sandy Springs12.1 mi13,185
4Brookhaven8.2 mi8,879
5Smyrna10.0 mi7,669
6Roswell19.1 mi7,531
7Mableton10.5 mi7,505
8Johns Creek22.4 mi6,318

Top industries

The sectors that employ Atlanta’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services13.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.7%
EDEducational Services10.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.6%
INInformation7.9%
PAPublic Administration7.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.0%
FIFinance and Insurance6.4%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises5.9%

Atlanta city profile

Who lives in Atlanta — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
505,268
Median age
34.2yrs
Median household income
$85,652
Median home value
$439,600
Median gross rent
$1,711/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
59.2%
Poverty rate
16.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Atlanta

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

10 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps96%
8 Gbps4%
See all internet providers in Atlanta

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).