Photo: SJH1992 · Public domainEuharlee has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
490 jobs are based in Euharlee, against 2,209 working residents. The two grades for Euharlee are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Euharlee is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Euharlee stands out on work
Income, poverty and work: Euharlee’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Euharlee is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #30 of 263 in Georgia. The poverty rate holds Euharlee’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Euharlee could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Euharlee, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,180 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 461 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Euharlee on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Cartersville
Where Euharlee clocks in
5% 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.
65% of the jobs in Euharlee pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Euharlee, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 490. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Euharlee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Euharlee workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,956 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far Euharlee goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Euharlee, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Euharlee is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #238 of 263 in Georgia. Both inputs place Euharlee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,228 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Euharlee households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Euharlee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Euharlee places 745th of 4,195 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 282 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 743 | Pinch WV | 4,037 | $77K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 744 | Lake Helen FL | 2,994 | $116K | 6.9% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| 745 | Euharlee GA | 4,202 | $100K | 2.9% | 1.9% | 1% | A− |
| 746 | Sergeant Bluff IA | 5,324 | $123K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 13% | A− |
| 747 | Holts Summit MO | 4,773 | $85K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Euharlee, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Euharlee: questions
What is the median household income in Euharlee?
$99,597 (±$21,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Euharlee?
2.9%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Euharlee?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Euharlee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cartersville (16%, 8 mi), Atlanta (5%, 39 mi), Rome (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Euharlee walkable?
Euharlee is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Euharlee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Euharlee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Euharlee
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.