Work & commute · Chickamauga

Work & commute in Chickamauga, GA

Most working residents leave Chickamauga for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (31%), LaFayette (6%) and Fort Oglethorpe (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 1,161 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,099 Chickamauga residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 980 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chickamauga.

1,099live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

980work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chickamauga goes to work

Chattanooga, TN13.2 mi away

31%360

LaFayette11.7 mi away

6%64

Chickamauga (in town)right here

5%62

Fort Oglethorpe4.5 mi away

5%59

Dalton19.4 mi away

4%49

Ringgold9.8 mi away

4%44

East Ridge, TN8.9 mi away

2%18

Rock Spring5.2 mi away

1%17

Atlanta91.5 mi away

1%14

Sandy Springs83.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%461

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Chickamauga commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

49%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chickamauga is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chickamauga are

1,042 jobs are based in Chickamauga. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chickamauga’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chickamauga

1,042 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Chickamauga residents hold

1,161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+7%

Jobs based in Chickamauga, 2013 → 2023: 974 → 1,042. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.