Most of Irondale commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Irondale has 242 jobs, and 3,443 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Irondale is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Irondale
Irondale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Irondale is a place people come home to
There are 242 jobs based in Irondale, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Irondale has about 6,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Irondale’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Irondale’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Irondale could be anywhere from C− to B.
How long Irondale spends getting to work: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irondale workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,397 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.
How a workday changes Irondale
On a workday 3,430 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Irondale on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Atlanta
Where Irondale clocks in
17% 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.
What Irondale’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irondale, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 242. 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 Irondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Irondale’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Irondale: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,932 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 5.5% of Irondale households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Irondale’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Irondale is 2,243rd of 2,886 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 427 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 593 | Druid Hills GA | 8,169 | $130K | 9.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,241 | Stone Mountain GA | 6,562 | $47K | 16.6% | 7.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,242 | St. Marys PA | 12,253 | $67K | 7.8% | 7.7% | 55% | C |
| 2,243 | Irondale GA | 9,185 | $55K | 19.2% | 6.2% | <1% | C |
| 2,244 | Lapeer MI | 9,201 | $53K | 24.5% | 3.6% | 18% | C |
| 2,245 | Pipe Creek Township IN | 12,354 | $63K | 14.9% | 5.6% | 20% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Irondale, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Irondale and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Irondale’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 Irondale: questions
What is the median household income in Irondale?
$55,030 (±$20,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irondale?
19.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irondale?
40 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irondale work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (17%, 20 mi), College Park (5%, 12 mi), Jonesboro (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Irondale walkable?
Irondale is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Irondale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Irondale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irondale
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.