Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Danielsville has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 847 people commute in to work
Only 5% stay in Danielsville for work; outside it, Athens is the main destination (26%, 15 miles). 868 jobs are based in Danielsville, and 404 of its residents work somewhere. For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Georgia has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Danielsville
Danielsville is where the jobs are
Danielsville has 868 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 52% more than the 900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Danielsville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Danielsville went from 444 in 2014 to 868 in 2024, +95%. The jobs ↓
Few Danielsville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who commutes out of Danielsville, and who commutes in
On a workday 383 residents head out to work and 21 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Danielsville on a workday afternoon, 52% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Danielsville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danielsville, 2014 → 2024: 444 → 868. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danielsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Danielsville, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danielsville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 474 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily trip into Danielsville
Where Danielsville clocks in
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Danielsville’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Danielsville: questions
What is the median household income in Danielsville?
$67,500 (±$14,031) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danielsville?
11.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danielsville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danielsville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (26%, 15 mi), Commerce (2%, 16 mi), Atlanta (2%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Danielsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danielsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danielsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.