Work & commute · Hiawassee

Work & commute in Hiawassee, GA

Most working residents leave Hiawassee for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Young Harris (4%), Blairsville (4%) and Gainesville (2%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

43 of 380 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 337 Hiawassee residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 1,113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hiawassee.

337live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

1,113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hiawassee goes to work

Hiawassee (in town)right here

11%43

Young Harris5.8 mi away

4%15

Blairsville12.6 mi away

4%15

Gainesville45.6 mi away

2%9

Sandy Springs78.6 mi away

2%8

Atlanta90.4 mi away

2%6

Murphy, NC18.8 mi away

2%6

Helen16.7 mi away

1%5

Blue Ridge33.1 mi away

1%4

Douglasville99.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%265

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

How far

How far Hiawassee commutes

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

29%

18%

13%

40%

29%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hiawassee is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hiawassee are

1,156 jobs are based in Hiawassee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hiawassee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hiawassee

1,156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Hiawassee residents hold

380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+20%

Jobs based in Hiawassee, 2013 → 2023: 963 → 1,156. 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.