Work & commute · Rocky Ford

Work & commute in Rocky Ford, GA

Most working residents leave Rocky Ford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Statesboro (15%), Sylvania (8%) and Newington (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 59 Rocky Ford residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Ford.

59live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky Ford goes to work

Statesboro16 mi away

15%9

Sylvania12.7 mi away

8%5

Newington19.8 mi away

5%3

Rocky Ford (in town)right here

3%2

Claxton34.9 mi away

3%2

Springfield36.4 mi away

3%2

Waynesboro31.3 mi away

3%2

Stillmore26.9 mi away

2%1

Millen11.7 mi away

2%1

Brooklet21.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%33

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

How far

How far Rocky Ford commutes

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

48%

20%

27%

5%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Ford is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Ford are

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

Jobs based in Rocky Ford

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Rocky Ford residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+30%

Jobs based in Rocky Ford, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 26. 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.