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Elberton, GA

4,720 Population
4.8 square miles 980.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elbert County: 43.2 ±0.8
  • 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

$28,097 ±$3,874 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $31,738 ±$2,096
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,059 ±$9,955 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $58,450 † ±$5,901
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.7% ±7.9% (1,175  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Elbert County: 18% † 3,497 (±3.4% / ±651)
  • nearly 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)

23.5 minutes ±7.6 (44,325  ±15,724) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Elbert County: 24.1 197,970 (±2.2 / ±23,024)
  • 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

1,945 ±189 Number of households
  • Elbert County: 8,376 ±245
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (4,579  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Elbert County: 2.3 19,605 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • 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

9.5% ±9.2% (86  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Elbert County: 3.3% † 146 (±2.3% / ±104)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,143 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Elbert County: 9,426 ±22
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,900 ±$24,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $142,000 † ±$28,148
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.1% ±6.4% (779  ±292.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Elbert County: 11.9% † 2,325 (±3.1% / ±609)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.5% ±10.1% (2,734  ±376.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Elbert County: 85.8% 12,150 (±5.6% / ±800.2)
  • 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)
17.6% ±4.4% (539  ±140.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Elbert County: 16.3% † 2,304 (±2.4% / ±333.1)
  • 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

6.2% ±3.3% (294  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Elbert County: 4.5% 887
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±3.4% (294  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Elbert County: 7% † 1,081 (±1.3% / ±207)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
294 Total veterans ±118 246 Male ±116 48 Female ±62

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