Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Flowery Branch are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Flowery Branch for work; outside it, Gainesville is the main destination (12%, 10 miles). 6.1% of residents are in poverty, where Georgia as a whole has 13.4%. Flowery Branch grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Flowery Branch apart on work
Flowery Branch has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Flowery Branch went from 2,855 in 2014 to 4,040 in 2024, +42%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
35% of the jobs based in Flowery Branch are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Flowery Branch’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Flowery Branch’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flowery Branch is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #13 of 263 in Georgia. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Flowery Branch’s grade. 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, Flowery Branch could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The 4,040 jobs based in Flowery Branch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flowery Branch, 2014 → 2024: 2,855 → 4,040. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flowery Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Flowery Branch by day and by night
On a workday 4,661 residents head out to work, 213 work right here, and 3,827 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 (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Flowery Branch’s working residents head each day
Where Flowery Branch clocks in
12% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Flowery Branch’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flowery Branch workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,611 commuters (the 22% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Flowery Branch
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Flowery Branch, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flowery Branch is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #158 of 263 in Georgia. 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 5,891 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). 3.8% of Flowery Branch households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Flowery Branch’s commuters take a bus or train.
399th of 2,526: where Flowery Branch ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 316 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 397 | Aiea HI | 9,087 | $140K | 5.3% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| 398 | Campton Hills IL | 10,894 | $209K | 2.9% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 399 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| 400 | Andover KS | 17,370 | $105K | 4.6% | 2.7% | 9% | A |
| 401 | Pompton Lakes NJ | 11,246 | $124K | 8.4% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 437 | North Druid Hills GA | 17,997 | $103K | 11.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 532 | Jefferson GA | 17,185 | $110K | 5.6% | 2.6% | 15% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Flowery Branch, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door to Flowery Branch
The biggest share goes to Buford (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flowery Branch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowery Branch | – | A | B− | 28 min | $103,942 |
| Oakwood | 3% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $67,917 |
| Buford | 6% | B− | B− | 28 min | $69,471 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flowery Branch’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 2024, 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 Flowery Branch: questions
What is the median household income in Flowery Branch?
$103,942 (±$9,908) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flowery Branch?
6.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flowery Branch?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flowery Branch work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gainesville (12%, 10 mi), Buford (6%, 5 mi), Alpharetta (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Flowery Branch walkable?
Flowery Branch is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flowery Branch 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 Flowery Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flowery Branch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.