Work & commute · Ringgold

Work & commute in Ringgold, GA

Most working residents leave Ringgold for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (31%), Dalton (8%) and Fort Oglethorpe (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 1,388 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,279 Ringgold residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 4,452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ringgold.

1,279live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

4,452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ringgold goes to work

Chattanooga, TN12.7 mi away

31%431

Ringgold (in town)right here

8%109

Dalton13.1 mi away

8%109

Fort Oglethorpe7.2 mi away

4%62

LaFayette16.8 mi away

2%27

East Ridge, TN8.4 mi away

2%26

Calhoun30.5 mi away

1%16

Cleveland, TN23.2 mi away

1%15

Atlanta88.9 mi away

1%14

Sandy Springs80.3 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%567

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

How far

How far Ringgold commutes

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

30%

50%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ringgold is a job hub

3.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ringgold are

4,561 jobs are based in Ringgold. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ringgold’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ringgold

4,561 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Ringgold residents hold

1,388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+26%

Jobs based in Ringgold, 2013 → 2023: 3,614 → 4,561. 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.