Newtown Elementary School · Photo: Rheave · CC BY-SA 3.0Johns Creek has higher household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 38% of workers, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole. Below the poverty line: 4.2% of residents, against 13.4% across Georgia. Johns Creek 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
Work in Johns Creek: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Johns Creek
38% of Johns Creek workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Johns Creek draws workers from far and wide
The 26,450 jobs in Johns Creek are filled from a wide area. Johns Creek’s own residents hold 10% and the ten next-biggest home towns 18%; the other 72% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Johns Creek’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Johns Creek is Atlanta, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (5,982) 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Johns Creek
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Johns Creek is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #9 of 263 in Georgia. Household income is its strongest input ($160,093, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Johns Creek could be anywhere from A to A+.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Johns Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johns Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24,424 commuters (the 38% 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.
The places Johns Creek commutes to
Where Johns Creek clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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 Johns Creek’s workers travel
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.
A workday in Johns Creek: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 35,101 residents head out to work, 2,668 work right here, and 23,782 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69,000 people are in Johns Creek on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.70 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 2024, primary jobs.
The 26,450 jobs based in Johns Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johns Creek, 2014 → 2024: 22,255 → 26,450. 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 Johns Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Johns Creek is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Johns Creek is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #124 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 39,236 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 3.0% of Johns Creek households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Johns Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Johns Creek places 35th of 571 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 56,000 to 109,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Sandy UT | 92,386 | $112K | 5.5% | 2.6% | 13% | A |
| 34 | Washington Township IN | 62,740 | $100K | 4.2% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| 35 | Johns Creek GA | 80,401 | $160K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 7% | A |
| 36 | Mountain View CA | 85,438 | $190K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 15% | A |
| 37 | Lenexa KS | 60,506 | $103K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 17% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Roswell GA | 91,505 | $129K | 7.5% | 3.8% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Alpharetta GA | 66,921 | $148K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Brookhaven GA | 59,643 | $118K | 10.3% | 3.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 571 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 50% | 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 Johns Creek, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Work next door: 17% of Johns Creek’s workers
The biggest share goes to Alpharetta (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Johns Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Creek | – | A | B | 30 min | $160,093 |
| Alpharetta | 11% | A | A− | 26 min | $147,612 |
| Roswell | 4% | A | A− | 27 min | $128,654 |
| Duluth | 2% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $95,331 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Johns Creek’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 Johns Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Johns Creek?
$160,093 (±$7,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johns Creek?
4.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johns Creek?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johns Creek work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (16%, 22 mi), Alpharetta (11%, 5 mi), Sandy Springs (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Johns Creek walkable?
Johns Creek is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Johns Creek without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Johns Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johns Creek
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.