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Elbert County, GA

19,570 Population
351.1 square miles 55.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$27,848 ±$1,738 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $37,836 ±$200
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$48,190 ±$3,308 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $71,355 ±$353
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

19% ±3.4% (3,653  ±646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,415,573 (±0.2% / ±19,488)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

23.7 minutes ±2.2 (185,060  ±22,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.4 125,025,400 (±0.1 / ±677,251)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

7,873 ±271 Number of households
  • Georgia: 3,946,490 ±8,824
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.5 ±0.1 (19,308  ±6) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,473,460
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.6% ±2.7% (193  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 134,154 (±0.1% / ±3,813)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

9,316 ±21 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,426,780 ±501
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$104,500 ±$10,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $245,900 ±$1,053
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

11.5% ±2.7% (2,225  ±,522.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,447,492 (±0.2% / ±18,357.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

81.7% ±5.4% (11,374  ±,773.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 88.7% 6,349,981 (±0.3% / ±23,995.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
14.1% ±2.3% (1,958  ±320) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 33.6% 2,407,707 (±0.2% / ±14,648.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

4.7% (925  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 10.4% 1,119,366
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

7.7% ±1.2% (1,170  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 7.5% 610,515 (±0.1% / ±7,914)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,170 Total veterans ±185 1,025 Male ±194 145 Female ±91

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