Work & commute · McCaysville

Work & commute in McCaysville, GA

Most working residents leave McCaysville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Ridge (18%), Blairsville (3%) and Ellijay (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 376 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 365 McCaysville residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCaysville.

365live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCaysville goes to work

Blue Ridge8.5 mi away

18%68

Blairsville24.8 mi away

3%11

McCaysville (in town)right here

3%11

Ellijay21.1 mi away

3%10

Ducktown, TN3.8 mi away

2%8

Atlanta84.3 mi away

2%7

East Ellijay22.9 mi away

2%6

Jasper35.8 mi away

2%6

Roswell65.1 mi away

2%6

Alpharetta63.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%237

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

How far

How far McCaysville commutes

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

42%

13%

37%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCaysville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McCaysville are

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

Jobs based in McCaysville

290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs McCaysville residents hold

376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+45%

Jobs based in McCaysville, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 290. 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.