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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Ellijay rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.39% of adults 25 and older in Ellijay have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Ellijay in 2018 was $26,364, 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 $105,456 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 23.60% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ellijay include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Ellijay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
