William Taylor House · Photo: CipherdE · CC BY-SA 4.0Resaca has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
1% of workers have no commute at all (Georgia 16%). 151 jobs are based in Resaca; 478 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Resaca is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Resaca apart
Resaca and Calhoun trade workers both ways
Calhoun is the top workplace for Resaca residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Resaca come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Resaca workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 478 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Resaca gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Resaca’s grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($57,557, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Resaca’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, Resaca could be anywhere from C to B−.
27% of working residents work in Calhoun
Where Resaca clocks in
Lines 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.
The trip to work from Resaca: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Resaca workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 1% 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.
Resaca quiets down on a workday
On a workday 476 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Resaca on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Jobs in Resaca: what the 151 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Resaca, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 151. 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 Resaca’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Resaca to work
About 16% 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.
Getting around Resaca: mostly by car
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 332 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). 10.5% of Resaca households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Resaca’s commuters take a bus or train.
Resaca next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 1,477th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Winterville GA | 1,203 | $111K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Clermont GA | 1,165 | $136K | 4.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 510 | Robins AFB GA | 1,193 | $107K | 5.9% | 9.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,475 | Northmoreland Township PA | 1,422 | $82K | 14.0% | 4.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,476 | Killen AL | 1,039 | $70K | 8.0% | 3.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,477 | Resaca GA | 1,145 | $58K | 7.4% | 0.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,478 | Marion TX | 1,101 | $63K | 16.4% | 2.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,479 | Brackettville TX | 1,327 | $69K | 10.5% | 1.3% | 19% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Resaca, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
The towns next door employ 27% of Resaca
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Calhoun. Darker towns draw more of Resaca’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 Resaca: questions
What is the median household income in Resaca?
$57,557 (±$6,049) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Resaca?
7.4%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Resaca?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Resaca work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Calhoun (27%, 6 mi), Dalton (12%, 13 mi), Rome (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Resaca walkable?
Resaca is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Resaca without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Resaca, from the people who make the trip.
More of Resaca
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.