Work & commute · Yonah

Work & commute in Yonah, GA

Most working residents leave Yonah for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (13%), Gainesville (8%) and Helen (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 293 Yonah residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 399 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yonah.

293live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

399work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yonah goes to work

Cleveland3.4 mi away

13%37

Gainesville25 mi away

8%24

Helen4.3 mi away

3%10

Clarkesville12.6 mi away

2%6

Cornelia14.9 mi away

2%6

Alpharetta49.8 mi away

2%5

Oakwood30.3 mi away

1%4

Baldwin15.2 mi away

1%3

Canton50.7 mi away

1%3

Roswell54.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%195

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

How far

How far Yonah commutes

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

36%

22%

17%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yonah is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yonah are

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

Jobs based in Yonah

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Yonah residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+422%

Jobs based in Yonah, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 402. 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.