Being a small city, Elberton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
