Households in Lakeview Estates earn less than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%. Below the poverty line: 32.1% of residents; Georgia has 13.4%. Lakeview Estates grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lakeview Estates
Lakeview Estates is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Lakeview Estates, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Lakeview Estates workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Lakeview Estates workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 805 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Lakeview Estates’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lakeview Estates is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #103 of 263 in Georgia. Unemployment holds Lakeview Estates’ grade up (0.4%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lakeview Estates could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How a workday changes Lakeview Estates
On a workday 802 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Lakeview Estates on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.01 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.
From Lakeview Estates, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeview Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,521 commuters (the 0% 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.
12% of working residents work in Conyers
Where Lakeview Estates clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
89% of the jobs in Lakeview Estates make or build things
9 jobs are based in Lakeview Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeview Estates, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 9. 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 Lakeview Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lakeview Estates
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.
In Lakeview Estates, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lakeview Estates is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #186 of 263 in Georgia. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Georgia, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,521 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). 12.2% of Lakeview Estates households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeview Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
2,333rd of 4,474: where Lakeview Estates ranks among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 285 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 367 | Chattahoochee Hills GA | 3,524 | $112K | 1.1% | 3.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,331 | Shenandoah TX | 3,833 | $62K | 10.9% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,332 | Vermilion Township OH | 4,741 | $73K | 5.9% | 7.9% | 5% | B− |
| 2,333 | Lakeview Estates GA | 3,596 | $47K | 32.1% | 0.4% | <1% | B− |
| 2,334 | Osseo MN | 2,534 | $62K | 10.0% | 6.6% | 5% | B− |
| 2,335 | Brooks Township MI | 3,833 | $78K | 7.7% | 3.3% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lakeview Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Lakeview Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeview Estates?
$46,900 (±$16,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeview Estates?
32.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeview Estates?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeview Estates work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conyers (12%, 4 mi), Atlanta (6%, 22 mi), Covington (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakeview Estates walkable?
Lakeview Estates is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeview Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeview Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeview Estates
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.