Work & commute · Mount Airy

Work & commute in Mount Airy, GA

Most working residents leave Mount Airy for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cornelia (12%), Gainesville (11%) and Baldwin (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 625 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 623 Mount Airy residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Airy.

623live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Airy goes to work

Cornelia2 mi away

12%73

Gainesville24.9 mi away

11%67

Baldwin3.1 mi away

4%23

Clarkesville6.2 mi away

4%22

Jefferson27.4 mi away

3%19

Atlanta74.6 mi away

2%15

Demorest3.8 mi away

2%12

Alpharetta54.2 mi away

2%10

Toccoa10.5 mi away

1%8

Helen18.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%370

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

How far

How far Mount Airy commutes

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

32%

20%

21%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Airy is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Airy are

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

Jobs based in Mount Airy

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mount Airy residents hold

625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+31%

Jobs based in Mount Airy, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 81. 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.