Thomas Wynne House · Photo: Rheave · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Lilburn trail those of 68% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Lilburn itself; outside it, Atlanta draws the most (15%, 19 miles). Below the poverty line: 22.9% of residents (Georgia 13.4%). Jobs and income earn Lilburn C+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lilburn stands out on work
Where Lilburn’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lilburn is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #122 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Lilburn’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lilburn could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where people from Lilburn work
Where Lilburn clocks in
15% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Lilburn, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,721 residents head out to work, 219 work right here, and 6,548 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Lilburn on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Lilburn’s 6,767 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lilburn, 2013 → 2023: 5,101 → 6,767. 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 Lilburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lilburn, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lilburn workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,635 commuters (the 11% 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.
Lilburn’s commute, mile by mile
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 Lilburn, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lilburn is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #109 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 6,320 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% 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). 3.5% of Lilburn households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lilburn’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000, Lilburn ranks 1,570th of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 300 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 375 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,568 | Humble TX | 16,484 | $57K | 18.8% | 4.9% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,569 | Union Township OH | 12,780 | $81K | 11.3% | 5.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,570 | Lilburn GA | 16,369 | $64K | 22.9% | 5.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,571 | Indiana PA | 14,697 | $41K | 21.7% | 9.6% | 17% | C+ |
| 1,572 | Wayne Township IN | 11,013 | $60K | 14.9% | 3.2% | 23% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | 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 Lilburn, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door to Lilburn
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lilburn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilburn | – | C+ | B | 32 min | $63,581 |
| Mountain Park | under 2% | A− | B | 32 min | $96,166 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lilburn’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 Lilburn: questions
What is the median household income in Lilburn?
$63,581 (±$9,062) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lilburn?
22.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lilburn?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lilburn work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (15%, 19 mi), Sandy Springs (4%, 14 mi), Lawrenceville (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lilburn walkable?
Lilburn is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lilburn without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lilburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lilburn
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.