With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Aragon works elsewhere
173 jobs are based in Aragon; 574 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Aragon is better than 17% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D−). 4% of workers have no commute at all (Georgia 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Aragon and work: the main findings
Aragon is a place people come home to
There are 173 jobs based in Aragon, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aragon has about 1,100 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Aragon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Aragon workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 574 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Aragon’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Aragon’s grade up ($67,500, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (14.4%) is left out: Aragon’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, Aragon could be anywhere from D to C+.
Aragon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 569 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Aragon on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Aragon, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aragon workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 821 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
13% of working residents work in Rockmart
Where Aragon clocks in
6% 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.
72% of the jobs in Aragon pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aragon, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 173. 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 Aragon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Aragon, by distance
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.
Driving is how Aragon gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 852 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). 4.7% of Aragon households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Aragon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Aragon comes 4,257th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 193 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,255 | Whitewater CA | 1,181 | $78K | 23.4% | 18.5% | 3% | C− |
| 4,256 | Nambe NM | 2,035 | $59K | 15.2% | 9.3% | 7% | C− |
| 4,257 | Aragon GA | 1,523 | $68K | 25.4% | 14.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,258 | Sanborn IA | 1,463 | $59K | 13.5% | 2.1% | 10% | C− |
| 4,259 | Perry Township IN | 1,543 | $65K | 21.6% | 0.6% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Aragon, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Aragon: questions
What is the median household income in Aragon?
$67,500 (±$20,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aragon?
25.4%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aragon?
39 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aragon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockmart (13%, 3 mi), Rome (9%, 17 mi), Cedartown (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aragon walkable?
Aragon is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aragon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aragon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aragon
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.