Photo: Kmvl11 · CC BY-SA 4.0Mableton has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 57% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #79 of 263 in Georgia.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns · #87 of 263 in Georgia.
Household incomes here are higher than in 54% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Georgia 28, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Mableton; the top destination outside it is Atlanta (22%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Mableton
Mableton draws workers from far and wide
The 25,898 jobs in Mableton are filled from a wide area. Mableton’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 20%; the other 72% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Mableton works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Mableton: Atlanta (22%), Smyrna (3%) and South Fulton (3%). Next door ↓
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.
What’s behind Mableton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mableton is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #79 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Mableton’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mableton could be anywhere from B− to B+.
22% of working residents work in Atlanta
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mableton clocks in
22% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 30,274 residents head out to work, 1,980 work right here, and 23,918 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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.
What the 25,898 jobs in Mableton are
25,898 jobs are based in Mableton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mableton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mableton, 2013 → 2023: 21,243 → 25,898. 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Georgia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mableton workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33,326 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Mableton commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Mableton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mableton is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #87 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Mableton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 41,411 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 27% 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 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 4.4% of Mableton households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mableton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mableton is 346th of 573 U.S. towns of 55,000 to 106,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mableton, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Johns Creek GA | 80,401 | $160K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 7% | 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 344 | Richland WA | 65,258 | $96K | 9.0% | 5.6% | 41% | B |
| 345 | Loveland CO | 81,387 | $85K | 8.5% | 5.4% | 23% | B |
| 346 | Mableton GA | 78,820 | $78K | 13.5% | 4.9% | 6% | B |
| 347 | Federal Way WA | 99,729 | $87K | 13.0% | 5.4% | 10% | B |
| 348 | North Bergen Township NJ | 61,483 | $79K | 12.3% | 6.2% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 573 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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.
28% of Mableton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Atlanta (22%). Darker towns draw more of Mableton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mableton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mableton | – | B | B+ | 31 min | $77,980 |
| Smyrna | 3% | A− | B+ | 30 min | $100,061 |
| Austell | under 2% | B− | B− | 31 min | $72,938 |
| South Fulton | 3% | B | B+ | 33 min | $82,324 |
| Lithia Springs | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $62,417 |
| Atlanta | 22% | B− | A+ | 27 min | $85,652 |
| Powder Springs | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 33 min | $105,070 |
| Douglasville | under 2% | B− | B | 33 min | $79,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Mableton: questions
What is the median household income in Mableton?
$77,980 (±$2,469) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mableton?
13.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mableton?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mableton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (22%, 10 mi), Marietta (5%, 10 mi), Sandy Springs (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mableton walkable?
Mableton is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mableton without a car?
2% 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 Mableton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mableton
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.