Work & commute · Tunnel Hill

Work & commute in Tunnel Hill, GA

Most working residents leave Tunnel Hill for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dalton (30%), Chattanooga (8%) and Calhoun (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 479 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 470 Tunnel Hill residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tunnel Hill.

470live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tunnel Hill goes to work

Dalton7.1 mi away

30%143

Chattanooga, TN18.8 mi away

8%37

Calhoun25.3 mi away

3%13

Tunnel Hill (in town)right here

2%9

Rome41.6 mi away

2%8

Ringgold6.3 mi away

1%5

LaFayette17.2 mi away

1%5

Cartersville49.6 mi away

1%5

East Ridge, TN14.6 mi away

1%5

Fort Oglethorpe13 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%245

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

How far

How far Tunnel Hill commutes

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

46%

27%

19%

46%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tunnel Hill is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tunnel Hill are

200 jobs are based in Tunnel Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tunnel Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tunnel Hill

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Tunnel Hill residents hold

479 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+7%

Jobs based in Tunnel Hill, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 200. 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.