Ellijay is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,938 people and six associated neighborhoods, Ellijay is the 268th largest community in Georgia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Ellijay is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.80% of the Ellijay workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Ellijay is a city of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ellijay who work in maintenance occupations (9.40%), sales jobs (8.56%), and healthcare (7.29%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ellijay has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ellijay a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small city, Ellijay doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Ellijay is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.43% of adults 25 and older in Ellijay have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ellijay in 2022 was $28,051, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,204 for a family of four. However, Ellijay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ellijay is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ellijay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ellijay residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ellijay also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ellijay include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Ellijay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
