Work & commute · Blairsville

Work & commute in Blairsville, GA

Most working residents leave Blairsville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (4%), Hiawassee (3%) and Blue Ridge (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

37 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 235 Blairsville residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 2,753 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blairsville.

235live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

2,753work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blairsville goes to work

Blairsville (in town)right here

14%37

Atlanta81.5 mi away

4%10

Hiawassee12.6 mi away

3%7

Blue Ridge21 mi away

3%7

Young Harris7.1 mi away

2%5

Gainesville41.1 mi away

2%5

Alpharetta58.6 mi away

1%4

Macon-Bibb County143.7 mi away

1%4

Cleveland22.2 mi away

1%3

Oakwood45.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%187

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Blairsville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

13%

43%

37%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blairsville is a job hub

10.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

10.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blairsville are

2,790 jobs are based in Blairsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blairsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blairsville

2,790 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Blairsville residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+18%

Jobs based in Blairsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,365 → 2,790. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.