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.Blairsville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Blairsville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.57 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small city, Blairsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Blairsville ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.00% of people over 25 have a college degree. 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.
