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Cornelia, GA

4,992 Population
4.1 square miles 1,202.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 39.4 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,391 ±$6,306 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: $32,241 ±$1,448
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,775 ±$16,688 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: $67,309 ±$3,432
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.4% ±10.4% (1,515  ±518) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 14.1% † 6,388 (±2.1% / ±960)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.2 minutes ±4.5 (51,830  ±12,885) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 27.7 513,205 (±1.4 / ±33,884)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,861 ±277 Number of households
  • the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 16,753 ±377
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (4,992  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 2.7 45,378 (±0.1 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,025 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 19,071 ±47
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$231,900 ±$26,936 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: $238,300 ±$11,900
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±7.2% (826  ±361) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 12.1% † 5,755 (±1.6% / ±742.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.1% ±10.5% (2,564  ±398.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 82.6% 26,973 (±3.3% / ±1,068.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±6.1% (635  ±207.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 24.7% 8,053 (±1.9% / ±634.8)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.9% ±7.2% (744  ±358) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 9.4% 4,477
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±2.9% (136  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cornelia, GA Micro Area: 6% † 2,234 (±0.8% / ±279)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
136 Total veterans ±110 136 Male ±110 N/A Female ±14

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