Photo: The original uploader was Skarg at English Wikipedia. · CC BY 2.5At 9.4%, unemployment in Conyers is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Conyers for work; outside it, Atlanta is the main destination (13%, 26 miles). The two grades for Conyers are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working residents average 28 minutes each way, about the same as across Georgia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Conyers in brief
Conyers draws workers from far and wide
The 19,743 jobs in Conyers are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 10%; the other 86% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Conyers is where the jobs are
Conyers has 19,743 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 33,000 people are in town, 63% more than the 20,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Conyers’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Conyers is Atlanta, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (906) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 Conyers’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Conyers is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #142 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Conyers’ grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Conyers could be anywhere from C to B−.
The towns that send workers to Conyers
Where Conyers clocks in
13% of workers
3% 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.
Conyers by day and by night
On a workday 6,165 residents head out to work, 709 work right here, and 19,034 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33,000 people are in Conyers on a workday afternoon, 63% more than live here.
2.9 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Conyers
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 19,743 jobs in Conyers are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conyers, 2013 → 2023: 17,838 → 19,743. 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 Conyers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Conyers
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conyers workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,669 commuters (the 14% 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.
Most of Conyers commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conyers is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #187 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Conyers near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,883 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Conyers households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Conyers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,931 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 28,000, Conyers comes 1,502nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 367 | Decatur GA | 25,276 | $139K | 6.2% | 4.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,500 | Sanger CA | 27,228 | $78K | 15.8% | 9.1% | 15% | C+ |
| 1,501 | Chippewa Falls WI | 15,293 | $58K | 15.4% | 4.0% | 26% | C+ |
| 1,502 | Conyers GA | 20,377 | $63K | 13.4% | 9.4% | 10% | C |
| 1,503 | Claremore OK | 20,681 | $59K | 12.1% | 5.9% | 22% | C |
| 1,504 | West Lealman FL | 14,944 | $52K | 17.6% | 5.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | 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 Conyers, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door to Conyers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conyers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conyers | – | C | C+ | 28 min | $63,140 |
| Milstead | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Milstead: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Conyers’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 Conyers: questions
What is the median household income in Conyers?
$63,140 (±$5,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conyers?
13.4%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conyers?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conyers work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (13%, 26 mi), Covington (3%, 9 mi), Stonecrest (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conyers walkable?
Conyers is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conyers without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Conyers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conyers
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.