Photo: CalleyD01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Austell has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
The two grades for Austell are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 2,169 jobs in Austell, and 3,819 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Austell for work; outside it, Atlanta is the main destination (18%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Austell
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Austell is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #88 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Austell’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Austell could be anywhere from C to A.
Who works in Austell, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,773 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 2,123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Austell on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Austell work
Where Austell clocks in
18% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Austell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Austell, 2013 → 2023: 2,287 → 2,169. 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 Austell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Austell: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Austell workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,756 commuters (the 13% 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 distance from Austell to work
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.
Most trips from Austell start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Austell is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #151 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 4,326 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 25% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 1.5% of Austell households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Austell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Austell is 1,642nd among 3,042 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 426 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,640 | Spring Valley Lake CA | 9,483 | $83K | 7.3% | 5.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,641 | Burton SC | 6,912 | $68K | 12.1% | 1.0% | 11% | B− |
| 1,642 | Austell GA | 8,339 | $73K | 10.8% | 5.5% | 1% | B− |
| 1,643 | Quakertown PA | 9,235 | $86K | 10.2% | 7.2% | 7% | B− |
| 1,644 | Dunbar WV | 7,050 | $58K | 14.9% | 1.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,042 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Austell, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Work in the towns next to Austell
The biggest share goes to Mableton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Austell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austell | – | B− | B− | 31 min | $72,938 |
| Mableton | 6% | B | B+ | 31 min | $77,980 |
| Lithia Springs | 2% | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $62,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Austell’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 Austell: questions
What is the median household income in Austell?
$72,938 (±$12,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Austell?
10.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Austell?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Austell work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (18%, 13 mi), Marietta (6%, 11 mi), Mableton (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Austell walkable?
Austell is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Austell without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Austell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Austell
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.