Work & commute · Clarkesville

Work & commute in Clarkesville, GA

Most working residents leave Clarkesville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (7%), Cornelia (6%) and Demorest (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 795 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 739 Clarkesville residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 1,583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkesville.

739live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

1,583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkesville goes to work

Gainesville28.1 mi away

7%59

Clarkesville (in town)right here

7%56

Cornelia6.5 mi away

6%50

Demorest3.4 mi away

4%28

Atlanta77.8 mi away

3%22

Cleveland13.4 mi away

3%21

Toccoa11.5 mi away

2%15

Baldwin7.8 mi away

1%11

Sandy Springs67.2 mi away

1%11

Tallulah Falls11.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%512

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

How far

How far Clarkesville commutes

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

32%

14%

24%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkesville is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkesville are

1,639 jobs are based in Clarkesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarkesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarkesville

1,639 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Clarkesville residents hold

795 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+23%

Jobs based in Clarkesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,335 → 1,639. 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.