Rocky Ford has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 25 jobs in Rocky Ford, against 60 working residents. Hardly any work in Rocky Ford; the top destination outside it is Statesboro (12%, 16 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Georgia as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Rocky Ford
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Rocky Ford on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Rocky Ford goes to work
Where Rocky Ford 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.
Jobs in Rocky Ford: what the 25 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocky Ford, 2014 → 2024: 30 → 25. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocky Ford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Rocky Ford: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocky Ford workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 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.
Where in the region Rocky Ford works
About 34% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Rocky Ford: questions
What is the median household income in Rocky Ford?
$62,589 (±$43,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocky Ford?
16.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocky Ford?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocky Ford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Statesboro (12%, 16 mi), Sylvania (8%, 13 mi), Savannah (3%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rocky Ford 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 Rocky Ford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocky Ford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.