Making a living in Yonah
Only 1% work in Yonah; the top destination outside it is Cleveland (13%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Georgia 16%). Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average, next to 28 for Georgia and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Yonah apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Yonah
53% of Yonah residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 18% of the jobs based in Yonah pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Yonah pay little
33% of the jobs based in Yonah pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Few Yonah workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Yonah, services account for most jobs
402 jobs are based in Yonah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Yonah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Yonah: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yonah workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 0% 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 a workday changes Yonah
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 399 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Yonah on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Yonah: the destinations
Where Yonah clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
How far Yonah goes to work
About 25% 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 2023.
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 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 Yonah: questions
What is the median household income in Yonah?
$52,348 (±$23,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yonah?
5.5%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yonah?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yonah work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (13%, 3 mi), Gainesville (8%, 25 mi), Helen (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Yonah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yonah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yonah
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.