There are 2.0 jobs in Suwanee for every working resident, and 18,728 people commute in
19,384 jobs are based in Suwanee for 9,884 working residents. Suwanee grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 26% of workers work from home; Georgia has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Suwanee at work: what stands out
Suwanee draws workers from far and wide
The 19,384 jobs in Suwanee are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 13%; the other 84% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Suwanee is where the jobs are
Suwanee has 19,384 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 33,000 people are in town, 41% more than the 23,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Suwanee’s commute
The biggest draw, Atlanta, gets only 8% of working residents, and 60% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Suwanee residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
A lot of Suwanee works from home
26% of Suwanee workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Suwanee’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Suwanee is Atlanta, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (793) 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Suwanee
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Suwanee is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #48 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Suwanee’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Suwanee could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where the people who work in Suwanee live
Where Suwanee clocks in
8% 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.
How many people are in Suwanee by day
On a workday 9,228 residents head out to work and 656 work right here.
About 33,000 people are in Suwanee on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 trip to work from Suwanee: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Suwanee workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,152 commuters (the 26% 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.
Where in the region Suwanee works
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 Suwanee’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Suwanee, 2013 → 2023: 14,830 → 19,384. 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 Suwanee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Suwanee walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Suwanee is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #139 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 12,354 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.4% of Suwanee households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Suwanee’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Suwanee is 807th of 1,712 U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 316 | Decatur GA | 25,276 | $139K | 6.2% | 4.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 326 | North Druid Hills GA | 17,997 | $103K | 11.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 805 | Franklin Township NJ | 16,666 | $110K | 8.9% | 5.2% | 9% | B+ |
| 806 | American Canyon CA | 22,773 | $122K | 9.3% | 5.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 807 | Suwanee GA | 23,034 | $103K | 10.1% | 5.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 808 | Beverly Hills CA | 30,764 | $133K | 9.6% | 8.3% | 14% | B+ |
| 809 | Portland TX | 20,833 | $84K | 9.0% | 3.2% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | 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 Suwanee, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Suwanee and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Duluth (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Suwanee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suwanee | – | B+ | B− | 30 min | $103,260 |
| Sugar Hill | under 3% | A− | C+ | 33 min | $107,389 |
| Duluth | 2% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $95,331 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Suwanee’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 Suwanee: questions
What is the median household income in Suwanee?
$103,260 (±$9,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Suwanee?
10.1%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Suwanee?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Suwanee work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (8%, 29 mi), Alpharetta (5%, 12 mi), Sandy Springs (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Suwanee walkable?
Suwanee is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Suwanee 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 Suwanee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Suwanee
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.