Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.4 jobs in Chattahoochee for every working resident, and 1,768 people commute in
Jobs and income earn Chattahoochee D−; getting around on foot earns it D−. There are 1,982 jobs in Chattahoochee, against 829 working residents. Measured by household income, Chattahoochee is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee is where the jobs are
Chattahoochee has 1,982 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Chattahoochee’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Chattahoochee is Tallahassee, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (159) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Chattahoochee is services
98% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 0% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 829 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Chattahoochee gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Chattahoochee is better than 2% of U.S. towns, #634 of 638 in Florida. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Chattahoochee’s grade.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Chattahoochee’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Chattahoochee could be anywhere from D− to D.
Who leaves Chattahoochee for work, and who comes in
On a workday 615 residents head out to work and 214 work right here.
About 4,200 people are in Chattahoochee on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where in the region Chattahoochee works
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Chattahoochee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chattahoochee, 2013 → 2023: 2,508 → 1,982. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chattahoochee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Chattahoochee: where workers come from
Where Chattahoochee clocks in
19% of workers
4% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Commuting from Chattahoochee: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chattahoochee workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 502 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Chattahoochee walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chattahoochee is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #633 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Chattahoochee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 507 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 17.2% of Chattahoochee households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chattahoochee’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Chattahoochee compares with U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,647 | Marion AL | 2,602 | $36K | 20.1% | 10.1% | 27% | D− |
| 4,648 | Carrabelle FL | 2,572 | $50K | 21.6% | 8.2% | 12% | D− |
| 4,649 | Chattahoochee FL | 3,011 | $52K | 61.7% | 6.1% | 26% | D− |
| 4,650 | Homerville GA | 2,339 | $36K | 31.3% | 1.1% | 27% | D− |
| 4,651 | Murfreesboro NC | 2,242 | $40K | 39.5% | 6.6% | 15% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Chattahoochee, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Chattahoochee: questions
What is the median household income in Chattahoochee?
$51,964 (±$21,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chattahoochee?
61.7%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chattahoochee?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chattahoochee work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallahassee (19%, 38 mi), Quincy (4%, 17 mi), Jacksonville (2%, 190 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chattahoochee walkable?
Chattahoochee is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chattahoochee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chattahoochee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chattahoochee
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.