Work & commute · Eton

Work & commute in Eton, GA

Most working residents leave Eton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dalton (24%), Chatsworth (8%) and Calhoun (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 376 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 370 Eton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eton.

370live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eton goes to work

Dalton12.4 mi away

24%91

Chatsworth3.5 mi away

8%30

Calhoun24.6 mi away

4%16

Chattanooga, TN31.8 mi away

2%9

Eton (in town)right here

2%6

Marietta61.8 mi away

2%6

Cartersville45.9 mi away

2%6

Cleveland, TN25 mi away

2%6

Rome45.5 mi away

1%5

Sandy Springs66 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%197

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

How far

How far Eton commutes

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

20%

45%

16%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eton are

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

Jobs based in Eton

523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Eton residents hold

376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+268%

Jobs based in Eton, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 523. 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.