Census Reporter

Elberton, GA

4,343 Population
4.5 square miles 958.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Elbert County: 42.6 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,757 ±$3,396 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $22,355 ±$1,703
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $31,067 ±$154
$33,895 ±$7,184 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elbert County: $38,678 † ±$3,922
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $58,700 ±$294

28.7% ±9.8% (1,215  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Elbert County: 21.3% † 4,029 (±3.3% / ±623)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 15.1% 1,528,558 (±0.2% / ±17,868)

20.1 minutes ±3.3 (30,580  ±7,397) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elbert County: 22.4 170,140 (±1.8 / ±16,684)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.8 129,536,780 (±0.1 / ±625,380)

Families

1,754 ±149 Number of households
  • Elbert County: 7,559 ±273
  • Georgia: 3,758,798 ±9,973
2.4 ±0.2 (4,228  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Elbert County: 2.5 18,926 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,143,245 (±0)

4.7% ±3.5% (38  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elbert County: 5.3% † 208 (±2.2% / ±88)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.3% 136,047 (±0.1% / ±2,976)

Housing

2,381 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Elbert County: 9,630 ±35
  • Georgia: 4,283,477 ±498

$85,000 ±$10,322 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Elbert County: $84,700 ±$5,156
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $176,000 ±$800

25.4% ±9.3% (1,085  ±395.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Elbert County: 12.4% † 2,352 (±2.8% / ±525.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 15.1% 1,547,141 (±0.2% / ±15,874.4)

Social

80.7% ±8% (2,430  ±303.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Elbert County: 78.4% 10,488 (±4.3% / ±592.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 87.1% 6,002,781 (±0.3% / ±19,862.8)
12.9% ±4.1% (389  ±126.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Elbert County: 11.6% † 1,557 (±1.8% / ±237.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 31.3% 2,157,616 (±0.2% / ±11,371.8)

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

4.4% ±2.7% (191  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Elbert County: 2.6% † 496 (±0.9% / ±162)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.1% 1,053,874 (±0.1% / ±9,174)

9.9% ±3.7% (335  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Elbert County: 9.3% † 1,386 (±1.5% / ±221)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 8% 629,302 (±0.1% / ±5,558)
335 Total veterans ±126 311 Male ±125 24 Female ±22

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