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UNION COUNTY

AT A GLANCE E VENTS & FESTIVALS

POPULATION
Union County 26,586
Blairsville 709
Suches 625
*ESRI 2023

AGE BRACKETS
Cruise-In Farmers Market
0-14 – 12.4%
15-34 – 17.2%
35-54 – 20.7% Events & Festivals
55-74 – 35.5%
56+ – 49.6% IN UNION COUNTY
January October
• Nottely Nation Polar Plunge • Indian Summer Festival/Run Above the Clouds
Median Age Male Female • Chamber Annual Awards Gala
54.8 49.3% 50.7% • 55th Annual Blairsville Sorghum Festival
• Fall Hoedown at Vogel State Park
February
• An Evening with the Stars • Blairsville Boo Bash
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
• Share the Love – Habitat for Humanity • Scarecrowville
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher 24.9% • Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker
Season Kickoff Party November
High School Degree or Higher 87.7% • Downtown Holiday Open House
March • Mistletoe Market
• Gold Coin Hunt
• GA Death Race December
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME April • Kris Kringle Mountain Market
$ • Downtown Spring Outdoor Market • Tour of Trees
• Jingle Bell Buys
$ 59,783 • Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival – • Holly Jolly Christmas & Breakfast with Santa
10th Anniversary
• Christmas Tree Lighting & Parade Downtown
May • Tree Lighting at Vogel State Park
• Ramp Festival
• Memorial Day Parade Ongoing Events
• Hiawassee Highlands Wine Festival • Cruise-In Farmers Market (April-October)
TOTAL MEDIAN • Spring Arts, Crafts & Music Festival • Third Saturdays Downtown (April-October)
HOUSING GROSS • Shoot for the Stars Golf Tournament • Concerts on the Square (May-October)
UNITS RENT • Saturday Night Music in the Park at
15,186 $687 June Vogel (Summer)
• Blairsville Scottish Festival & Highland Games
• Blairsville Pro Rodeo • Union County Farmers Market (June-October)

*U.S. Census Bureau (v2022) and ESRI 2023
July
• Red, White & Blairsville Fireworks
UNION COUNTY YEARLY CLIMATE
• Lake Nottely Boat Parade
211 Sunny Days • Butternut Creek Arts Festival
• Mountain Music & Moonshine Festival
58” Rainfall
August
4” Snowfall • Georgia Mountain Fair

September Union County War Memorial
Average
Winter 25
Summer 85 O Average O • Blairsville Extreme Adventure Race (BEAR)
High Low • Mountain Heritage Festival honors Union County service members
• Mountain Music Day Festival across many U.S. wars and conflicts,
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• Blairsville Business Expo especially on Memorial Day.
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