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Ellijay, GA

1,931 Population
3.5 square miles 544.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Gilmer County: 50 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,051 ±$4,975 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gilmer County: $34,175 ±$2,473
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$47,639 ±$15,812 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gilmer County: $72,542 ±$6,155
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

22.2% ±11.8% (408  ±235) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gilmer County: 14.7% † 4,667 (±3% / ±940)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

28.3 minutes ±5.6 (18,285  ±6,735) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Gilmer County: 29.3 358,420 (±1.3 / ±28,235)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

817 ±173 Number of households
  • Gilmer County: 12,612 ±459
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.3 ±0.1 (1,850  ±408) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gilmer County: 2.5 31,745 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

8% ±7.3% (32  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gilmer County: 6.1% † 349 (±2.4% / ±137)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

909 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Gilmer County: 18,159 ±33
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$277,600 ±$30,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Gilmer County: $278,900 ±$16,656
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

18% ±7.4% (342  ±156.9) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Gilmer County: 8.9% † 2,805 (±1.7% / ±543)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

84.6% ±22.9% (1,139  ±200.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gilmer County: 85.9% 20,591 (±4.5% / ±1,085.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
18.4% ±3.7% (248  ±70.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gilmer County: 22.7% † 5,452 (±2.4% / ±571.5)
  • 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

12.7% ±8.7% (246  ±176) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Gilmer County: 4.9% 1,573
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5.8% ±2.3% (87  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Gilmer County: 11% † 2,852 (±1.5% / ±379)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
87 Total veterans ±39 87 Male ±39 N/A Female ±14

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