Household incomes in Cataula are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Cataula itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (49%, 11 miles). Cataula grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cataula apart
Nearly half of Cataula works in Columbus
274 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Columbus, 11 miles away. That’s 49 times as many as work in Cataula itself. The commute map ↓
Cataula is a place people come home to
There are 120 jobs based in Cataula, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cataula has about 1,100 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 560 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cataula
On income, poverty and job access, Cataula is better than 87% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cataula’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Cataula’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, Cataula could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Cataula goes to work
Where Cataula clocks in
49% of workers
3% 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.
How many people are in Cataula by day
On a workday 557 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Cataula on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 Cataula works
About 32% 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.
What Cataula’s employers do
120 jobs are based in Cataula.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cataula, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 120. 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 Cataula’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Cataula takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cataula workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 569 commuters (the 12% 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.
In Cataula, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cataula is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Georgia, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 647 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). 4.2% of Cataula households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cataula’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cataula ranks: 413th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 411 | Madbury NH | 1,927 | $148K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 412 | Yalaha FL | 1,404 | $121K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| 413 | Cataula GA | 1,522 | $124K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 414 | Belgium WI | 1,450 | $92K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| 415 | Brillion WI | 1,644 | $91K | 2.3% | 0.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Cataula, 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 Cataula: questions
What is the median household income in Cataula?
$123,920 (±$62,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cataula?
0.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cataula?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cataula work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (49%, 11 mi), Atlanta (3%, 80 mi), Phenix City (2%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cataula walkable?
Cataula is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cataula without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cataula, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cataula
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.