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Elberton, GA

4,691 Population
4.5 square miles 1,032.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Elbert County: 42.4 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,419 ±$3,488 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $28,743 ±$1,875
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$41,454 ±$3,943 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $49,727 ±$4,351
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

35% ±8.1% (1,587  ±369) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Elbert County: 20.6% † 3,989 (±3.1% / ±607)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

22.6 minutes ±5.2 (39,510  ±10,735) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Elbert County: 23.5 184,325 (±1.7 / ±18,981)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

1,971 ±182 Number of households
  • Elbert County: 8,245 ±252
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.3 ±0.2 (4,552  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Elbert County: 2.4 19,472 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

13.6% ±10% (116  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Elbert County: 5.1% † 217 (±2.4% / ±102)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

2,223 ±210 Number of housing units
  • Elbert County: 9,370 ±30
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$97,500 ±$40,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $114,600 ±$8,222
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

20.2% ±7.1% (892  ±313.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Elbert County: 11.3% † 2,188 (±2.4% / ±464.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

86.8% ±10% (2,631  ±353.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elbert County: 84.9% 11,880 (±5% / ±727.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
18% ±3.9% (546  ±125) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Elbert County: 14.9% † 2,079 (±2.1% / ±294.4)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

6.2% ±3.2% (290  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Elbert County: 3.8% 752
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

10.2% ±3.5% (335  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Elbert County: 6.9% † 1,064 (±1.1% / ±170)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
335 Total veterans ±118 236 Male ±105 99 Female ±74

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