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Emerson, GA

1,573 Population
8.7 square miles 180 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,972 ±$10,513 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $46,309 ±$239
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,250 ±$26,020 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $89,724 ±$630
  • a little less than the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±11.7% (195  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11% 675,593 (±0.2% / ±13,321)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±13.4 (16,345  ±5,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 31.1 76,506,050 (±0.2 / ±575,684)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

585 ±125 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,313,055 ±5,155
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (1,564  ±379) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,170,998 (±0 / ±747)
  • 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

11% ±11.5% (39  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5% 79,078 (±0.2% / ±2,916)
  • 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

613 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,497,322 ±696
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$226,600 ±$22,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $367,600 ±$1,259
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±3% (85  ±49.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.1% 808,708 (±0.2% / ±13,610.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±24.4% (903  ±160.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 91% 3,834,568 (±0.4% / ±18,007.5)
  • 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)
36.7% ±3.5% (374  ±86.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 42.2% 1,776,753 (±0.3% / ±11,460.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • a little higher than 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

3.2% ±2.6% (50  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 15.2% 950,509
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2% (55  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.2% 297,591 (±0.1% / ±5,117)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
55 Total veterans ±26 54 Male ±27 1 Female ±2

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