Photo: John Trainor from Roswell, GA, USA · CC BY 2.0Mountain Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 1% stay in Mountain Park for work; outside it, Atlanta is the main destination (14%, 22 miles). Mountain Park has 71 jobs for 273 working residents. Home is the office for 56% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mountain Park stands out on work
Home offices are common in Mountain Park
56% of Mountain Park workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Mountain Park is a place people come home to
There are 71 jobs based in Mountain Park, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mountain Park has about 370 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mountain Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mountain Park is Atlanta, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (38) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 273 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 27 minutes each way, about the GA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 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 188 commuters (the 56% 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.
Who leaves Mountain Park for work, and who comes in
On a workday 269 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Mountain Park on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Miles to work from Mountain Park
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.
Where Mountain Park goes to work
Where Mountain Park clocks in
14% of workers
13% 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.
Mountain Park is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Park, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 71. 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.
13% of Mountain Park works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mountain Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Park | – | — | — | 27 min | $129,583 |
| Roswell | 13% | A | A− | 27 min | $128,654 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Roswell. 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?
$129,583 (±$79,459) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Park?
3.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Park?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 56% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (14%, 22 mi), Roswell (13%, 5 mi), Alpharetta (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mountain Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.