About Young Harris

Young Harris is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 622 people and just one neighborhood, Young Harris is the 385th largest community in Georgia.

Young Harris is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.71% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Young Harris is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Young Harris who work in office and administrative support jobs (30.42%), sales jobs (18.53%), and teaching (16.78%).

Of important note, Young Harris is also a city of artists. Young Harris has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Young Harris's character.

Young Harris is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Young Harris to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town.

Being a small city, Young Harris does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Young Harris Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Young Harris is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 28.50% of adults in Young Harris have a college degree.

The per capita income in Young Harris in 2000 was $12,533, 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 $50,132 for a family of four.

The people who call Young Harris home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Young Harris is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Young Harris include Irish, Scottish, English, German, Polish, Scotch-Irish, French Canadian, Czech, Australian, British, and European.

The most common language spoken in Young Harris is English. Some people also speak French.