There are 12.4 jobs in Rest Haven for every working resident, and 124 people commute in
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Georgia has 16%. Rest Haven has 124 jobs; 10 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Rest Haven; the top destination outside it is Buford (20%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Rest Haven for work, and who comes in
On a workday 10 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 160 people are in Rest Haven on a workday afternoon, 259% more than live here.
12.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 the people who work in Rest Haven live
Where Rest Haven clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
In Rest Haven, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rest Haven, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 124. 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 Rest Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rest Haven
of Rest Haven workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rest Haven
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 Rest Haven: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rest Haven?
45.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rest Haven work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buford (20%, 2 mi), Rossville (10%, 95 mi), College Park (10%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rest Haven without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rest Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rest Haven
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.