Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0Young Harris has 2.7 jobs for every working resident: 868 people commute in to work
There are 914 jobs in Young Harris for 341 working residents. About one in seven stay in Young Harris for work; outside it, Blairsville is the main destination (6%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 13 minutes each way (Georgia 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Young Harris apart on work
Young Harris is where the jobs are
Young Harris has 914 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 72% more than the 800 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
43% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Young Harris are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 28 across Georgia. That’s about 115 hours a year less on the road than the typical Georgia worker. 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 341 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Young Harris on a workday afternoon
On a workday 295 residents head out to work and 46 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Young Harris on a workday afternoon, 72% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Young Harris commutes less than 28 miles
About 43% 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.
About 13 minutes each way, quicker than most of Georgia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Young Harris workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 464 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where Young Harris’s workers come from
Where Young Harris clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Young Harris
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
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 Young Harris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Young Harris: questions
What is the median household income in Young Harris?
$31,316 (±$18,486) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Young Harris?
37.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Young Harris?
13 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Young Harris work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blairsville (6%, 7 mi), Hiawassee (5%, 6 mi), Atlanta (4%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Young Harris 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 Young Harris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Young Harris
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.