Photo: Gulbenk · CC BY-SA 3.0Tucker has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 29,742 people commute in to work
30,922 jobs are based in Tucker, and 16,215 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Tucker B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 22.2 in Atlanta.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Tucker in brief
Tucker draws workers from far and wide
The 30,922 jobs in Tucker are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 15%; the other 81% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Tucker is where the jobs are
Tucker has 30,922 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Tucker’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tucker is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #76 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Tucker’s grade up (ahead of 96% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, 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, Tucker could be anywhere from B− to B+.
The daily trip into Tucker
Where Tucker clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
A workday in Tucker: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15,035 residents head out to work and 1,180 work right here.
About 52,000 people are in Tucker on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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 kinds of work in Tucker
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tucker, 2013 → 2023: 30,448 → 30,922. 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 Tucker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Tucker: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tucker workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,521 commuters (the 23% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Tucker
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Tucker
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tucker is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #50 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% 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 17,569 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 72% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 11% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 6.4% of Tucker households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Tucker’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tucker places 714th of 1,162 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 26,000 to 50,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Milton GA | 41,266 | $171K | 4.3% | 2.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 235 | Woodstock GA | 39,895 | $103K | 6.6% | 2.7% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 321 | Peachtree Corners GA | 42,519 | $82K | 7.9% | 2.5% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 712 | SeaTac WA | 34,578 | $81K | 9.3% | 7.0% | 16% | B |
| 713 | Monterey CA | 28,953 | $103K | 9.8% | 6.0% | 28% | B |
| 714 | Tucker GA | 37,290 | $80K | 10.6% | 6.5% | 7% | B |
| 715 | Queensbury NY | 29,049 | $90K | 8.1% | 4.8% | 22% | B |
| 716 | Pueblo West CO | 35,681 | $97K | 7.0% | 4.8% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,162 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Tucker, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Work in the towns next to Tucker
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tucker workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker | – | B | A− | 29 min | $80,317 |
| Mountain Park | under 2% | A− | B | 32 min | $96,166 |
| Clarkston | under 2% | C− | A | 31 min | $48,564 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tucker’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 Tucker: questions
What is the median household income in Tucker?
$80,317 (±$7,708) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tucker?
10.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tucker?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tucker work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (24%, 14 mi), Sandy Springs (6%, 11 mi), Alpharetta (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tucker walkable?
Tucker is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tucker without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 11% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tucker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tucker
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.