Photo: Aprabhu · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Avondale Estates (0.9%) is lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
37% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Measured by household income, Avondale Estates is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. Only 4% work in Avondale Estates itself; outside it, Atlanta draws the most (35%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Avondale Estates, in brief
Avondale Estates trades workers with the towns around it
Avondale Estates has about as many jobs (1,688) as working residents (1,813), but they are mostly different people: 1,748 residents leave for work each day while 1,623 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Avondale Estates are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Avondale Estates works from home
37% of Avondale Estates workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Avondale Estates’ working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Georgia average of 28. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Avondale Estates works in Atlanta
626 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Atlanta, 9.1 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Avondale Estates itself. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Avondale Estates’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Avondale Estates is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #3 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avondale Estates could be anywhere from A to A+.
In and out of Avondale Estates on a workday
On a workday 1,748 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 1,623 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
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 Avondale Estates’ 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 Avondale Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,170 commuters (the 37% 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.
Where Avondale Estates goes to work
Where Avondale Estates clocks in
35% of workers
5% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Avondale Estates
1,688 jobs are based in Avondale Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avondale Estates, 2013 → 2023: 1,304 → 1,688. 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 Avondale Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Avondale Estates goes 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.
Avondale Estates is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 1,858 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 30.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, among the most 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). 4.2% of Avondale Estates households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Avondale Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800, Avondale Estates ranks 107th of 4,355 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 105 | East Amwell Township NJ | 3,952 | $152K | 1.9% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 106 | Union Mill VA | 4,484 | $250K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A+ |
| 107 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| 108 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 109 | Somerset WI | 4,536 | $131K | 1.6% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 281 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
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| 359 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
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| 555 | Tybee Island GA | 3,156 | $120K | 7.7% | 1.2% | 25% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Avondale Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns around Avondale Estates
The biggest share goes to Decatur (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avondale Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale Estates | – | A+ | A | 30 min | $123,795 |
| Scottdale | under 2% | B | A | 30 min | $85,610 |
| Decatur | 5% | A | A+ | 26 min | $139,397 |
| Belvedere Park | under 2% | B− | A | 30 min | $65,462 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avondale Estates’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 Avondale Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Avondale Estates?
$123,795 (±$12,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avondale Estates?
6.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avondale Estates?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avondale Estates work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (35%, 9 mi), Sandy Springs (5%, 13 mi), Decatur (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avondale Estates walkable?
Avondale Estates is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avondale Estates without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avondale Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avondale Estates
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.