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Elberton, GA

4,342 Population
4.5 square miles 957.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Elbert County: 43.3 ±1.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,046 ±$3,262 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $23,368 ±$1,734
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $32,427 ±$189
$32,037 ±$3,757 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $39,323 † ±$5,318
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $61,224 ±$306

40.9% ±8.6% (1,725  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Elbert County: 24.5% † 4,635 (±3.2% / ±610)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 14.3% 1,461,572 (±0.2% / ±17,326)

20.3 minutes ±3.4 (30,535  ±7,765) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elbert County: 22.5 165,890 (±1.8 / ±18,148)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,631,090 (±0.1 / ±696,696)

Families

1,781 ±180 Number of households
  • Elbert County: 7,695 ±258
  • Georgia: 3,830,264 ±8,096
2.4 ±0.2 (4,220  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Elbert County: 2.5 18,921 (±0.1 / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,253,888 (±0)

10.4% ±11.4% (93  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Elbert County: 5.1% † 207 (±2.7% / ±110)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 134,386 (±0.1% / ±3,625)

Housing

2,333 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Elbert County: 9,648 ±45
  • Georgia: 4,329,675 ±661

$72,200 ±$17,368 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $87,400 ±$6,240
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $190,200 ±$860

20.5% ±7.2% (854  ±300.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Elbert County: 11.4% † 2,150 (±2.5% / ±468.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 14.5% 1,509,147 (±0.2% / ±15,979.9)

Social

82.3% ±8.8% (2,337  ±322.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Elbert County: 78.8% 10,636 (±4.7% / ±648.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 87.9% 6,147,772 (±0.3% / ±23,903)
11.9% ±4% (337  ±116.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elbert County: 11.8% † 1,589 (±1.8% / ±246.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 32.2% 2,252,662 (±0.2% / ±13,897.1)

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

4.3% ±2.7% (185  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Elbert County: 3.6% † 684 (±1.1% / ±219)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.2% 1,068,027 (±0.1% / ±12,154)

7.7% ±3.1% (246  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Elbert County: 7.8% † 1,170 (±1.3% / ±190)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 7.9% 625,251 (±0.1% / ±7,372)
246 Total veterans ±99 193 Male ±83 53 Female ±54

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