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Emerson, GA

1,716 Population
8.8 square miles 196.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$42,830 ±$8,849 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $44,798 ±$262
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$76,424 ±$10,446 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $86,338 ±$676
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

11.1% ±8.9% (190  ±160) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11% 666,265 (±0.3% / ±15,096)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

31.3 minutes ±14 (20,185  ±6,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 31.2 77,687,664 (±0.1 / ±493,570)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

633 ±161 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,280,747 ±4,767
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.7 ±0.1 (1,708  ±442) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,090,560 (±0 / ±1,245)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

12% ±12.1% (45  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5% 79,278 (±0.2% / ±3,098)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

662 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,462,125 ±669
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$209,700 ±$31,053 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $335,100 ±$1,536
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

5.8% ±2.7% (96  ±51.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.2% 809,152 (±0.2% / ±14,013.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

86% ±25.7% (943  ±160.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 90.8% 3,760,519 (±0.4% / ±17,871)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
34% ±11.8% (373  ±90.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 41.5% 1,717,262 (±0.3% / ±11,573.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

3.8% ±3.3% (65  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 14.8% 916,065
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5.7% ±2.3% (70  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.5% 303,405 (±0.1% / ±4,704)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
70 Total veterans ±33 66 Male ±31 4 Female ±6

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