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Ellijay, GA

1,927 Population
3.6 square miles 536.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gilmer County: 50 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,888 ±$5,390 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gilmer County: $35,067 ±$2,507
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,136 ±$14,607 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gilmer County: $74,499 ±$5,480
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.2% ±15.3% (482  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gilmer County: 16% † 5,141 (±3.2% / ±1,017)
  • about 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)

24.1 minutes ±3.8 (14,750  ±4,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gilmer County: 28.9 352,825 (±1.7 / ±29,393)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

820 ±203 Number of households
  • Gilmer County: 13,015 ±516
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.8 (1,851  ±424) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gilmer County: 2.5 32,197 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.5% ±11.6% (61  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Gilmer County: 7.7% † 448 (±2.9% / ±168)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

879 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Gilmer County: 18,507 ±36
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$349,100 ±$66,150 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gilmer County: $314,000 ±$23,715
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.5% ±6.4% (293  ±136.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gilmer County: 9.4% † 3,015 (±1.8% / ±578.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±23.9% (1,143  ±207.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gilmer County: 87.2% 21,259 (±4.6% / ±1,115)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.6% ±4.7% (281  ±83.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gilmer County: 24.9% † 6,062 (±2.7% / ±669.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

11.2% ±7.6% (216  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Gilmer County: 5.2% 1,679
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±3.1% (80  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Gilmer County: 10.2% † 2,705 (±1.5% / ±391)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±48 80 Male ±48 N/A Female ±14

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