Kettle Creek Battlefield · Photo: Chris Crookston · CC BY-SA 3.0Rayle has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Rayle has 17 jobs, and 64 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Rayle itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (14%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Georgia 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Rayle on a workday
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Rayle on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Out of Rayle to work: where people go
Where Rayle clocks in
14% 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.
What Rayle’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rayle, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 17. 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 Rayle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rayle
of Rayle workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 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.
Rayle’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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 Rayle: questions
What is the median household income in Rayle?
$52,944 (±$32,544) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rayle?
33.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rayle work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (14%, 10 mi), Athens (11%, 29 mi), Augusta (5%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rayle 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 Rayle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rayle
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.