Most of Mountain Park commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Mountain Park are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Employers in Mountain Park report 2,978 jobs for 5,788 working residents. Only 2% work in Mountain Park; the top destination outside it is Atlanta (18%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mountain Park, in a few figures
Income, poverty and work: Mountain Park’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mountain Park is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #34 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Mountain Park’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mountain Park could be anywhere from B to A+.
What Mountain Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,948 → 2,978. 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 Mountain Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Mountain Park by day
On a workday 5,655 residents head out to work, 133 work right here, and 2,845 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Mountain Park on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Mountain Park’s residents
Where Mountain Park clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
Commuting from Mountain Park: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain Park workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,602 commuters (the 19% 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.
How far Mountain Park’s workers travel
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.
Mountain Park is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mountain Park is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #120 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 5,714 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% 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). 1.1% of Mountain Park households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mountain Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mountain Park is 698th of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | 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% | 11% | 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 696 | Wauconda IL | 13,993 | $111K | 6.2% | 4.9% | 7% | A− |
| 697 | Thompson's Station TN | 9,469 | $133K | 3.5% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| 698 | Mountain Park GA | 12,850 | $96K | 12.9% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 699 | Highland Park NJ | 15,259 | $105K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 5% | A− |
| 700 | Tarrytown NY | 11,890 | $107K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Mountain Park, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns around Mountain Park
The biggest share goes to Tucker (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mountain Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Park | – | A− | B | 32 min | $96,166 |
| Tucker | 4% | B | A− | 29 min | $80,317 |
| Lilburn | 2% | C+ | B | 32 min | $63,581 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mountain Park’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 Mountain Park: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain Park?
$96,166 (±$12,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Park?
12.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Park?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (18%, 18 mi), Sandy Springs (5%, 15 mi), Tucker (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mountain Park walkable?
Mountain Park is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mountain Park without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountain Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Park
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.