Blairsville is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 760 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Blairsville is the 382nd largest community in Georgia. Blairsville real estate is some of the most expensive in Georgia, although Blairsville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities, Blairsville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Blairsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blairsville is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Blairsville who work in office and administrative support (16.22%), law enforcement and fire fighting (11.71%), and healthcare (11.71%). One of the benefits of Blairsville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.57 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Blairsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Blairsville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Blairsville in 2022 was $23,657, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,628 for a family of four. However, Blairsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Blairsville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.42% of its population below the federal poverty line.Blairsville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Blairsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blairsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Blairsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.22% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Blairsville include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Blairsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
