Ellijay is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,923 people and six associated neighborhoods, Ellijay is the 268th largest community in Georgia.

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

The education level of Ellijay citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.60% of adults in Ellijay have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ellijay in 2022 was $29,888, 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 $119,552 for a family of four. However, Ellijay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ellijay is an extremely 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 28.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ellijay include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Ellijay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.