Work & commute · Toccoa

Work & commute in Toccoa, GA

Most working residents leave Toccoa for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (4%), Lavonia (3%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

733 of 3,984 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,251 Toccoa residents head out of town to work, 733 work right here, and 3,780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Toccoa.

3,251live here, work elsewhere

733live and work here

3,780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Toccoa goes to work

Toccoa (in town)right here

18%733

Gainesville35 mi away

4%146

Lavonia16.1 mi away

3%128

Atlanta84.4 mi away

3%118

Cornelia12.5 mi away

2%66

Commerce26.8 mi away

1%56

Lawrenceville57.7 mi away

1%50

Sandy Springs74.6 mi away

1%39

Alpharetta64.5 mi away

1%36

Clarkesville11.5 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%2,577

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

How far

How far Toccoa commutes

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

33%

16%

17%

34%

33%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Toccoa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Toccoa are

4,513 jobs are based in Toccoa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Toccoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Toccoa

4,513 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Toccoa residents hold

3,984 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+19%

Jobs based in Toccoa, 2013 → 2023: 3,779 → 4,513. 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.