Jobs and earnings in Dewy Rose, and the trip to work
0% of workers have no commute at all; Georgia has 16%. Hardly any work in Dewy Rose itself; outside it, Elberton draws the most (26%, 6 miles). Dewy Rose has 78 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dewy Rose on a workday afternoon
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Dewy Rose on a workday afternoon, 60% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Out of Dewy Rose to work: where people go
Where Dewy Rose clocks in
26% of workers
5% 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.
Working from home in Dewy Rose
of Dewy Rose workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 0% 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.
The distance from Dewy Rose to work
About 28% 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 Dewy Rose: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dewy Rose?
10.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dewy Rose work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elberton (26%, 6 mi), Atlanta (5%, 89 mi), Athens (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dewy Rose without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dewy Rose, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dewy Rose
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.