Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Hoschton top those of 75% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Hoschton itself; outside it, Braselton draws the most (9%, 4 miles). Poverty touches 9.7% of residents; Georgia has 13.4%. The two grades for Hoschton are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hoschton apart on work
Hoschton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Hoschton went from 615 in 2013 to 854 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
Hoschton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Hoschton makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Hoschton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hoschton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Hoschton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hoschton is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #46 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hoschton could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Hoschton
854 jobs are based in Hoschton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hoschton, 2013 → 2023: 615 → 854. 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 Hoschton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Hoschton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hoschton workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,250 commuters (the 9% 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.
How a workday changes Hoschton
On a workday 1,279 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 825 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.65 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 Hoschton’s working residents head each day
Where Hoschton clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
How far it is to work from Hoschton
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.
For most of Hoschton, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hoschton is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #240 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,477 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). 0.0% of Hoschton households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hoschton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600, Hoschton ranks 1,098th of 2,944 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Tyrone GA | 8,091 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 157 | Senoia GA | 6,276 | $125K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 422 | Temple GA | 6,564 | $91K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,096 | Cazenovia NY | 6,641 | $108K | 3.3% | 4.9% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,097 | Waihee-Waiehu HI | 10,988 | $127K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,098 | Hoschton GA | 8,623 | $97K | 9.7% | 3.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,099 | Mount Kisco NY | 10,757 | $97K | 8.2% | 5.7% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,100 | Walkertown NC | 6,120 | $83K | 10.8% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hoschton, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Hoschton and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Braselton. Darker towns draw more of Hoschton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hoschton: questions
What is the median household income in Hoschton?
$97,083 (±$9,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hoschton?
9.7%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hoschton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hoschton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Braselton (9%, 4 mi), Gainesville (8%, 15 mi), Buford (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hoschton walkable?
Hoschton is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hoschton 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 Hoschton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hoschton
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.