Rochelle’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income D−: better than 2% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns.
Working residents average 35 minutes each way (Georgia 28, U.S. 26). Only 8% work in Rochelle; the top destination outside it is Vienna (7%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Rochelle
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Rochelle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 380 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Rochelle’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rochelle is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rochelle’s grade.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Rochelle’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, Rochelle could be anywhere from D− to D.
Half of Rochelle commutes less than 23 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 32% 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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Georgia
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rochelle workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 417 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Rochelle quiets down on a workday
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Rochelle on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
7% of working residents work in Vienna
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Rochelle clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 263 jobs in Rochelle are
263 jobs are based in Rochelle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rochelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rochelle, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 263. 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.
Most trips from Rochelle start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rochelle is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of 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 445 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). 15.0% of Rochelle households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rochelle’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rochelle compares with U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rochelle, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,629 | Shell Valley ND | 1,243 | $47K | 21.5% | 9.8% | <1% | D− |
| 3,630 | Double Springs AL | 1,107 | $48K | 28.7% | 9.4% | 20% | D− |
| 3,631 | Rochelle GA | 1,146 | $42K | 23.8% | 4.3% | 8% | D− |
| 3,632 | Centreville MS | 1,091 | $42K | 24.2% | 0.3% | 9% | D− |
| 3,633 | Hurley NM | 1,211 | $36K | 17.7% | 3.4% | 3% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 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.
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 Rochelle: questions
What is the median household income in Rochelle?
$41,607 (±$19,759) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rochelle?
23.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rochelle?
35 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rochelle work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vienna (7%, 22 mi), Cordele (7%, 18 mi), Abbeville (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rochelle walkable?
Rochelle is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rochelle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rochelle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rochelle
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.