Work & commute · Rock Spring

Work & commute in Rock Spring, GA

Most working residents leave Rock Spring for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (22%), LaFayette (12%) and Dalton (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 331 Rock Spring residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 706 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Spring.

331live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

706work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Spring goes to work

Chattanooga, TN17.4 mi away

22%74

LaFayette7.7 mi away

12%39

Dalton15.4 mi away

8%26

Fort Oglethorpe8.1 mi away

5%17

Ringgold9.5 mi away

4%14

Atlanta86.3 mi away

2%6

Rock Spring (in town)right here

2%6

Chickamauga5.2 mi away

1%5

Rossville11.5 mi away

1%4

Calhoun27.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%142

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

How far

How far Rock Spring commutes

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

28%

44%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Spring is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Spring are

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

Jobs based in Rock Spring

712 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Rock Spring residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+85%

Jobs based in Rock Spring, 2013 → 2023: 384 → 712. 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.