Towns County, GA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Towns County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Towns County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
5,303
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
12,739
people in Towns County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,400
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Towns County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Towns County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Towns County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Iicrc2 open roles
Brown Haven Homes1 open role
Samuel Staffing1 open role

Colleges in Towns County

Colleges in Towns County
College	City	Type	Students
Young Harris College	Young Harris	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Towns County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

WorkSource Georgia Mountains
Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White

Cities in Towns County

Young Harris2 jobs

Other Georgia counties

All of Georgia

Laid off or looking for work in Towns County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Georgia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.