Photo: Quentin Melson · CC BY-SA 4.0How Between works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Between for work; outside it, Lawrenceville is the main destination (5%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 49% of workers (Georgia 16%). Commuters spend 26 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
The commute and the jobs: Between in brief
About 26 minutes each way for Between’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Between workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 49% 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.
Between quiets down on a workday
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Between on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
The towns that employ Between’s residents
Where Between clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Between makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
125 jobs are based in Between.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Between, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 125. 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 Between’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Between 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.
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 Between: questions
What is the median household income in Between?
$113,438 (±$51,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Between?
13.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Between?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 49% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Between work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrenceville (5%, 14 mi), Atlanta (5%, 36 mi), Loganville (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Between without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Between, from the people who make the trip.
More of Between
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.