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, Blairsville is worth considering.
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 13.75 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Blairsville 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 population of Blairsville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.90% 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 $23,106, 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 $92,424 for a family of four. Blairsville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.32% 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. Important ancestries of people in Blairsville include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Blairsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
