Work & commute · Blue Ridge

Work & commute in Blue Ridge, GA

About one in 4 of Blue Ridge’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Atlanta (3%), Peachtree Corners (2%) and Blairsville (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

90 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 305 Blue Ridge residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 3,043 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Ridge.

305live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

3,043work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Ridge goes to work

Blue Ridge (in town)right here

23%90

Atlanta76.5 mi away

3%12

Peachtree Corners62.3 mi away

2%8

Blairsville21 mi away

2%7

Ellijay15.2 mi away

2%7

Alpharetta55 mi away

2%7

Gainesville48.7 mi away

2%6

Jasper28.4 mi away

1%5

McCaysville8.5 mi away

1%4

Canton43.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%245

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

How far

How far Blue Ridge commutes

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

45%

11%

35%

45%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Ridge is a job hub

7.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Ridge are

3,133 jobs are based in Blue Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blue Ridge

3,133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Blue Ridge residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+35%

Jobs based in Blue Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,325 → 3,133. 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.