With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pine Lake works elsewhere
29% of workers work from home (Georgia 16%). Pine Lake has 50 jobs; 349 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Pine Lake itself; outside it, Atlanta draws the most (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pine Lake in brief
Pine Lake is a place people come home to
There are 50 jobs based in Pine Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Lake has about 460 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Pine Lake works from home
29% of Pine Lake workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
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 349 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pine Lake by day and by night
On a workday 349 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Pine Lake on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
From Pine Lake, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 29% 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.
Commuting out of Pine Lake: the destinations
Where Pine Lake clocks in
22% of workers
4% 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.
What Pine Lake’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Lake, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 50. 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 Pine Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Pine Lake commutes
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.
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 Pine Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Lake?
$79,792 (±$28,657) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Lake?
10.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Lake?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (22%, 13 mi), Sandy Springs (4%, 14 mi), Tucker (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Lake without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Lake
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.