Work & commute · Ellijay

Work & commute in Ellijay, GA

Most working residents leave Ellijay for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are East Ellijay (6%), Gainesville (4%) and Jasper (2%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

121 of 637 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 516 Ellijay residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 2,378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellijay.

516live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

2,378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellijay goes to work

Ellijay (in town)right here

19%121

East Ellijay1.8 mi away

6%41

Gainesville46.4 mi away

4%23

Jasper15.8 mi away

2%15

Blue Ridge15.2 mi away

2%14

Canton30.7 mi away

2%13

Cumming39 mi away

2%11

Atlanta64.2 mi away

2%10

Marietta51.1 mi away

1%8

Dalton28.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%374

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

How far

How far Ellijay commutes

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

38%

11%

26%

25%

38%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellijay is a job hub

3.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellijay are

2,499 jobs are based in Ellijay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellijay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellijay

2,499 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ellijay residents hold

637 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−20%

Jobs based in Ellijay, 2013 → 2023: 3,123 → 2,499. 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.