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East Ellijay city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
East Ellijay city is a Census city of 488 people across 3.28 square miles of land, in Gilmer County. Median household income is $29,125, 49.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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East Ellijay
What East Ellijay is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.28 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land149 plus or minus 46
- County holding the largest share of its areaGilmer County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Ellijay
How many people live in East Ellijay
- Population488 plus or minus 152
- Median age49.5 plus or minus 16.2
- Population under 1873 plus or minus 44
- Share under 1815.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Population 65 and over145 plus or minus 58
- Share 65 and over29.7 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Households276 plus or minus 84
- Family households105 plus or minus 49
- Share of households that are families38.0 percent plus or minus 13.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Ellijay
Income and work in East Ellijay
- Median household income$29,125 plus or minus $6,595
- Per capita income$38,895 plus or minus $16,898
- Civilian labor force204 plus or minus 94
- Employed199 plus or minus 91
- Unemployed5 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate2.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over372 plus or minus 107
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher69.9 percent plus or minus 28.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.7 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.8 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Ellijay
Housing in East Ellijay
- Housing units328 plus or minus 88
- Occupied units276 plus or minus 84
- Vacant units52 plus or minus 31
- Vacancy rate15.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied136 plus or minus 65
- Renter occupied140 plus or minus 47
- Ownership rate49.3 percent plus or minus 18.2
- Median owner-occupied home value$208,300 plus or minus $98,695
- Median gross rent, monthly$663
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.3 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Single family units217 plus or minus 76
- Share single family66.2 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Units in buildings of two or more96 plus or minus 44
- Share in buildings of two or more29.3 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Mobile homes15 plus or minus 19
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Ellijay
How East Ellijay gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute180 plus or minus 82
- Commuting under 15 minutes95 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.8 percent plus or minus 19.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more62 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.4 percent plus or minus 17.4
- Drove alone73.0 percent plus or minus 47.8
- Carpooled14.8 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Worked from home8.2 percent plus or minus 10.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Ellijay
SBA 7(a) lending to East Ellijay borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,424,000
- Average approval$284,800
- Median approval$144,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$927,200
- Largest approval$927,200
- Jobs supported24
- Jobs per approval4.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises60.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Ellijay
SBA 504 lending to East Ellijay borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$3,308,000
- Average approval$3,308,000
- Median approval$3,308,000
- Largest approval$3,308,000
- Jobs supported18
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Ellijay
Flood programme status in East Ellijay
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130089
- Currently effective map date04/17/12
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Gilmer County, not East Ellijay
Gilmer County context, not East Ellijay figures
These are Gilmer County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Ellijay measurements.
- Establishments in Gilmer County707
- Employment at those establishments, Gilmer County6,742
- Covered employment, Gilmer County8,067
- Average annual pay, Gilmer County$44,051
- Average weekly wage, Gilmer County$847
- Housing units permitted, Gilmer County98
- Of those, single family, Gilmer County24
- County product, 2024, Gilmer County$1,439,385,000
- County product change over the prior year, Gilmer County12.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Gilmer County$88,722
Every figure in this section is published for Gilmer County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Ellijay. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Ellijay questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Ellijay, Georgia?
488, in 276 households. East Ellijay city covers 3.28 square miles of land, which is 149 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Ellijay in?
Gilmer County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Ellijay?
$29,125. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $208,300. Median gross rent is $663 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Ellijay businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $144,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $3.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Ellijay, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Ellijay borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East Ellijay. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is East Ellijay in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East Ellijay appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130089, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page East Ellijay figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Gilmer County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Ellijay.
Is zoning published for East Ellijay?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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