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Elbert County, GA

19,849 Population
351.1 square miles 56.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,738 ±$2,096 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,450 ±$5,901 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18% ±3.4% (3,497  ±651) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±2.2 (197,970  ±23,024) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

8,376 ±245 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (19,605  ±7) Persons per household
  • 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

3.3% ±2.3% (146  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,426 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$142,000 ±$28,148 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±3.1% (2,325  ±609) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.8% ±5.6% (12,150  ±800.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.3% ±2.4% (2,304  ±333.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

4.5% (887  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.3% (1,081  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,081 Total veterans ±207 949 Male ±197 132 Female ±89

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