Work & commute · Fort Oglethorpe

Work & commute in Fort Oglethorpe, GA

Most working residents leave Fort Oglethorpe for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (39%), Dalton (4%) and Ringgold (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

332 of 3,931 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,599 Fort Oglethorpe residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 5,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Oglethorpe.

3,599live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

5,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Oglethorpe goes to work

Chattanooga, TN9.3 mi away

39%1,537

Fort Oglethorpe (in town)right here

8%332

Dalton19.2 mi away

4%141

Ringgold7.2 mi away

3%135

East Ridge, TN4.6 mi away

3%119

LaFayette15.5 mi away

2%98

Atlanta93.4 mi away

2%75

Apison, TN14.3 mi away

1%34

Rossville3.9 mi away

1%32

Chickamauga4.5 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,399

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

How far

How far Fort Oglethorpe commutes

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

64%

14%

19%

64%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Oglethorpe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Oglethorpe are

5,787 jobs are based in Fort Oglethorpe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Oglethorpe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Oglethorpe

5,787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Fort Oglethorpe residents hold

3,931 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+2%

Jobs based in Fort Oglethorpe, 2013 → 2023: 5,685 → 5,787. 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.