Nelson, Georgia - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,573
Male Share of the Population	50.3%
Female Share of the Population	49.7%
Senior Citizens	10.5%
Employed Population 16+	764
Age of the Population	34

Families

% of people married	63.5%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	18.8%
Median Earnings25+	$40,109
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$30,774
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$36,087

Wealth

Median Family Income	$82,455
% Above Poverty Level	90.6%
% Below Poverty Level	9.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	32 minutes
% Working from Home	7.6%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	21.1%
Median Gross Rent	$794
Median House Value	$171,700

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	29.1%
Irish	17.5%
English	17.2%
German	13.3%
Italian	8.2%
Russian	4%
Scottish	1.5%
Polish	1.3%
French Except Basque	1.2%
Welsh	0.9%
Hungarian	0.8%
Romanian	0.7%
Dutch	0.4%
Arab	0.3%
Lebanese	0.3%
Slovak	0.2%
Swedish	0.2%
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Nelson Almanac

Category	Value
County	Pickens County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	30151
Phone Area Codes
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	34.38
Approximate Longitude	-84.37

Nelson Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	WAYCROSS 4 NE
Distance	2 miles
Jan Temp	37 to 64 F
Apr Temp	51 to 81 F
Jul Temp	71 to 95 F
Oct Temp	54 to 82 F
Annual Precip	50.4 inches

Station	ALMA BACON COUNTY AP
Distance	23 miles
Jan Temp	41 to 62 F
Apr Temp	54 to 79 F
Jul Temp	72 to 92 F
Oct Temp	57 to 80 F
Annual Precip	49.1 inches

Station	HOMERVILLE 5 N
Distance	29.1 miles
Jan Temp	35 to 62 F
Apr Temp	49 to 79 F
Jul Temp	67 to 93 F
Oct Temp	51 to 80 F
Annual Precip	52.8 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Blackshear	3,485	$43,523
Hoboken	762	$91,908
Nahunta	775	$25,893
Offerman	474	$37,417
Patterson	647	$50,625
Waycross	13,836	$45,490

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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