Work & commute · Cornelia

Work & commute in Cornelia, GA

Most working residents leave Cornelia for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (9%), Baldwin (5%) and Clarkesville (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

252 of 1,768 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,516 Cornelia residents head out of town to work, 252 work right here, and 3,925 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cornelia.

1,516live here, work elsewhere

252live and work here

3,925work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cornelia goes to work

Cornelia (in town)right here

14%252

Gainesville23.1 mi away

9%166

Baldwin1.4 mi away

5%80

Clarkesville6.5 mi away

3%48

Atlanta72.9 mi away

2%36

Cleveland14.2 mi away

2%32

Demorest3.3 mi away

2%31

Commerce21.1 mi away

1%25

Jefferson26.6 mi away

1%24

Toccoa12.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,052

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

How far

How far Cornelia commutes

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

34%

24%

17%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cornelia is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cornelia are

4,177 jobs are based in Cornelia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cornelia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cornelia

4,177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Cornelia residents hold

1,768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−1%

Jobs based in Cornelia, 2013 → 2023: 4,209 → 4,177. 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.