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.Ellijay is a blue-collar town, with 41.80% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 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%). Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ellijay is worth considering. Ellijay is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Ellijay who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.43% of the adults 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.
