Work & commute · Demorest

Work & commute in Demorest, GA

Most working residents leave Demorest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cornelia (10%), Gainesville (9%) and Clarkesville (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 759 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 733 Demorest residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 946 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Demorest.

733live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

946work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Demorest goes to work

Cornelia3.3 mi away

10%77

Gainesville25 mi away

9%71

Clarkesville3.4 mi away

4%31

Demorest (in town)right here

3%26

Atlanta74.8 mi away

3%25

Baldwin4.5 mi away

3%20

Sandy Springs64.3 mi away

2%14

Toccoa12.3 mi away

2%12

Helen14.4 mi away

1%11

Cleveland12.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%462

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

How far

How far Demorest commutes

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

33%

21%

18%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Demorest is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Demorest are

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

Jobs based in Demorest

972 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Demorest residents hold

759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+60%

Jobs based in Demorest, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 972. 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.