Because of many things, Appling is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Appling a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Appling has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Appling’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
In Appling, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Appling is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Appling is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Appling has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Appling does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Appling citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.47% of adults in Appling have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Appling in 2022 was $37,799, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,196 for a family of four. However, Appling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Appling also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.95% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Appling is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Appling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Appling residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Appling include European, English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Appling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
