Work & commute · Varnell

Work & commute in Varnell, GA

Most working residents leave Varnell for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dalton (29%), Chattanooga (10%) and Calhoun (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,374 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,363 Varnell residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Varnell.

1,363live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Varnell goes to work

Dalton9.2 mi away

29%396

Chattanooga, TN19.7 mi away

10%143

Calhoun27.8 mi away

3%38

Ringgold8.9 mi away

2%26

Rome45.7 mi away

2%22

Fort Oglethorpe16.1 mi away

1%19

Atlanta84.5 mi away

1%19

Chatsworth13.2 mi away

1%17

Cartersville51.8 mi away

1%14

Cleveland, TN20 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%667

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

How far

How far Varnell commutes

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

36%

37%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Varnell is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Varnell are

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

Jobs based in Varnell

487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Varnell residents hold

1,374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−1%

Jobs based in Varnell, 2013 → 2023: 492 → 487. 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.