Households in Berkeley Lake earn more than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 40% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. The poverty rate is 1.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia. Berkeley Lake grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Berkeley Lake and work: the main findings
A lot of Berkeley Lake works from home
40% of Berkeley Lake workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Berkeley Lake is where the jobs are
Berkeley Lake has 1,602 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Berkeley Lake
72% of Berkeley Lake residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Berkeley Lake pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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; with 969 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Berkeley Lake
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Berkeley Lake is among the top U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Berkeley Lake’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Berkeley Lake stays A+.
From Berkeley Lake, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berkeley Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 776 commuters (the 40% 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.
A workday in Berkeley Lake: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 956 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 1,589 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Berkeley Lake on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
What Berkeley Lake’s employers do
1,602 jobs are based in Berkeley Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berkeley Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1,454 → 1,602. 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 Berkeley Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Berkeley Lake: where workers come from
Where Berkeley Lake clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
How far Berkeley Lake 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.
Most trips from Berkeley Lake start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berkeley Lake is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 1,284 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Berkeley Lake households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Berkeley Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Berkeley Lake next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 16th of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 15 | Laurel Hollow NY | 1,949 | $250K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 16 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 17 | Colmar Manor MD | 1,590 | $123K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 18 | Baywood Park CA | 1,580 | $217K | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 469 | Cataula GA | 1,522 | $124K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Berkeley Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
12% of Berkeley Lake works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Peachtree Corners (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Berkeley Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Lake | – | A+ | B− | 26 min | $165,909 |
| Peachtree Corners | 8% | A− | A− | 26 min | $82,139 |
| Duluth | 4% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $95,331 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Berkeley Lake’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 Berkeley Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Berkeley Lake?
$165,909 (±$14,577) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berkeley Lake?
1.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berkeley Lake?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berkeley Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (17%, 20 mi), Peachtree Corners (8%, 3 mi), Sandy Springs (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berkeley Lake walkable?
Berkeley Lake is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berkeley Lake without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berkeley Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berkeley Lake
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.