Photo: Jober14 · Public domainUnemployment in Snellville (5.9%) is higher than in 73% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average, where Georgia has 28 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Snellville is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B). Only 5% work in Snellville itself; outside it, Atlanta draws the most (11%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Snellville, in brief
Snellville draws workers from far and wide
The 11,905 jobs in Snellville are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 10%; the other 87% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Snellville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Snellville
60% of Snellville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Snellville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Snellville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Snellville is Atlanta, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (999) 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.
Inside Snellville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Snellville’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Snellville could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where Snellville’s working residents head each day
Where Snellville clocks in
11% 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.
About 38 minutes to work from Snellville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snellville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,093 commuters (the 18% 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.
Inside Snellville’s 11,905 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snellville, 2013 → 2023: 10,037 → 11,905. 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 Snellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Snellville goes to work
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.
How a workday changes Snellville
On a workday 8,419 residents head out to work, 398 work right here, and 11,507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Snellville on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
Getting around Snellville: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,860 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 3.7% of Snellville households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Snellville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,658 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000, Snellville comes 865th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Decatur GA | 25,276 | $139K | 6.2% | 4.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 317 | North Druid Hills GA | 17,997 | $103K | 11.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 863 | Fishkill NY | 22,937 | $101K | 7.7% | 6.0% | 9% | B |
| 864 | Ashwaubenon WI | 17,398 | $70K | 11.6% | 2.8% | 21% | B |
| 865 | Snellville GA | 22,478 | $90K | 8.9% | 5.9% | 5% | B |
| 866 | Woodlawn VA | 21,194 | $92K | 10.6% | 5.7% | 1% | B |
| 867 | Loganville GA | 17,212 | $84K | 8.9% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | 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 Snellville, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Snellville: questions
What is the median household income in Snellville?
$89,896 (±$7,651) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snellville?
8.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snellville?
38 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snellville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (11%, 25 mi), Lawrenceville (5%, 6 mi), Sandy Springs (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Snellville walkable?
Snellville is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Snellville 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 Snellville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snellville
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.