Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Cohutta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S. 89 jobs are based in Cohutta, against 365 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cohutta for work; outside it, Dalton is the main destination (27%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cohutta stands out on work
Cohutta is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Cohutta, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cohutta has about 590 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Cohutta workers cross into Tennessee
20% of Cohutta workers work outside Georgia, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Chattanooga (11%) and Cleveland (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 365 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Cohutta, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 365 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Cohutta on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where people from Cohutta work
Where Cohutta clocks in
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Cohutta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cohutta, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 89. 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 Cohutta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Cohutta, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cohutta workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 332 commuters (the 13% 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.
Miles to work from Cohutta
About 20% 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 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 Cohutta: questions
What is the median household income in Cohutta?
$75,781 (±$14,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cohutta?
7.4%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cohutta?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cohutta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dalton (27%, 13 mi), Chattanooga (11%, 18 mi), Calhoun (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cohutta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cohutta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cohutta
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.