Crawford-Dorsey House and Cemetery · Photo: Timkemp · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Lovejoy commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Lovejoy itself; outside it, Atlanta draws the most (17%, 23 miles). There are 1,449 jobs in Lovejoy, against 4,410 working residents. Lovejoy grades B 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
The short version on getting to work from Lovejoy
Lovejoy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lovejoy is Atlanta, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (749) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lovejoy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 46 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Lovejoy gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lovejoy is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #72 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Lovejoy’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($71,612, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lovejoy could be anywhere from C to A.
Miles to work from Lovejoy
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.
How long Lovejoy spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lovejoy workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,337 commuters (the 13% 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.
A workday in Lovejoy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,363 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 1,402 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Lovejoy on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Lovejoy’s working residents head each day
Where Lovejoy clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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.
What Lovejoy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lovejoy, 2014 → 2024: 1,304 → 1,449. 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 Lovejoy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Lovejoy, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lovejoy is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #99 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 5,010 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 52% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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 Lovejoy households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lovejoy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Lovejoy comes 1,234th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 298 | Vinings GA | 14,390 | $95K | 6.2% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 375 | Flowery Branch GA | 13,110 | $104K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 671 | Wilmington Island GA | 13,905 | $94K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,232 | Pierre SD | 13,848 | $78K | 10.1% | 1.2% | 64% | B |
| 1,233 | Sweden NY | 14,099 | $76K | 15.6% | 2.7% | 13% | B |
| 1,234 | Lovejoy GA | 12,929 | $72K | 9.2% | 4.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,235 | Bargersville IN | 11,862 | $114K | 11.9% | 6.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,236 | Beacon NY | 14,931 | $108K | 9.0% | 7.3% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Lovejoy, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Lovejoy and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Lovejoy’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 Lovejoy: questions
What is the median household income in Lovejoy?
$71,612 (±$9,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lovejoy?
9.2%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lovejoy?
34 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lovejoy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (17%, 23 mi), College Park (5%, 16 mi), Jonesboro (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lovejoy walkable?
Lovejoy is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lovejoy without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lovejoy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lovejoy
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.