Elberton is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,760 people and four associated neighborhoods, Elberton is the 160th largest community in Georgia.Elberton is a blue-collar town, with 39.21% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Elberton is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elberton who work in office and administrative support (9.08%), management occupations (9.08%), and sales jobs (8.55%). Elberton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Elberton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.01% of the adults in Elberton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Elberton in 2022 was $26,419, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,676 for a family of four. However, Elberton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elberton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.96% of its population below the federal poverty line.Elberton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elberton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elberton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Elberton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.28% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elberton include English, Irish, German, French, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Elberton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
