Collins Avenue Historic District · Photo: Nilesrob · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Acworth (5.3%) than in 65% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Acworth for work; outside it, Atlanta is the main destination (12%, 25 miles). Acworth grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, where Georgia has 28 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Acworth, in brief
Acworth draws workers from far and wide
The 7,893 jobs in Acworth are filled from a wide area. Acworth’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 12%; the other 82% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Acworth’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Acworth is Atlanta, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (1,286) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Acworth has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Acworth went from 5,520 in 2013 to 7,893 in 2023, +43%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Acworth are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Acworth’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Acworth earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Acworth is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #59 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Acworth’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Acworth could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The places Acworth commutes to
Where Acworth clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Acworth’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What the 7,893 jobs in Acworth are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acworth, 2013 → 2023: 5,520 → 7,893. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Acworth
On a workday 10,564 residents head out to work, 450 work right here, and 7,443 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Acworth on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 30 minutes each way for Acworth’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Acworth workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,501 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute in Acworth is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,434 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of Acworth households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Acworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
880th of 1,712: where Acworth ranks among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 316 | Decatur GA | 25,276 | $139K | 6.2% | 4.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 326 | North Druid Hills GA | 17,997 | $103K | 11.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 878 | Taylor TX | 18,402 | $76K | 7.7% | 4.1% | 15% | B+ |
| 879 | Temple Terrace FL | 27,075 | $69K | 9.0% | 3.7% | 6% | B+ |
| 880 | Acworth GA | 22,925 | $84K | 7.7% | 5.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 881 | Rancho San Diego CA | 21,272 | $119K | 10.1% | 7.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 882 | Lexington SC | 25,729 | $87K | 7.4% | 5.2% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Acworth, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
How Acworth compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kennesaw (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Acworth’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Acworth: questions
What is the median household income in Acworth?
$83,539 (±$6,679) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Acworth?
7.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Acworth?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Acworth work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (12%, 25 mi), Marietta (8%, 11 mi), Sandy Springs (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Acworth walkable?
Acworth is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Acworth without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Acworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acworth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.