Work & commute · Young Harris

Work & commute in Young Harris, GA

Most working residents leave Young Harris for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Blairsville (6%), Hiawassee (5%) and Atlanta (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

46 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 295 Young Harris residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Young Harris.

295live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Young Harris goes to work

Young Harris (in town)right here

13%46

Blairsville7.1 mi away

6%21

Hiawassee5.8 mi away

5%18

Atlanta87.3 mi away

4%12

Cleveland23.8 mi away

1%5

Canton59.9 mi away

1%5

Sandy Springs75.4 mi away

1%5

Gainesville44.5 mi away

1%5

Hayesville, NC7.8 mi away

1%5

Oakwood49.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%215

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

How far

How far Young Harris commutes

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

43%

43%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Young Harris is a job hub

2.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Young Harris are

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

Jobs based in Young Harris

914 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Young Harris residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−2%

Jobs based in Young Harris, 2013 → 2023: 928 → 914. 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.