What is the population of Emerson city?

Emerson city has 1,716 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #315 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Emerson city?

Median household income in Emerson city is $76,424 a year, 2.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Emerson city?

Median gross rent is $1,410 a month and the median home value is $209,700, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.

Is Emerson city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Emerson city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Emerson, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Emerson, Georgia (Emerson, GA — Census place “Emerson city”) is 1,716 residents, ranking #315 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $76,424, the median home is worth $209,700 and median gross rent runs $1,410 a month. Looking for the Emerson Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Emerson, GA: 30121, 30137.

Population: 1,716Emerson city residents
Median household income: $76,424Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $209,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,410Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.9%Owner-occupied households

Emerson ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Emerson.

The Emerson GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Emerson city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Emerson city median would spend about 22.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 68.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Emerson city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Emerson city is a small town in Georgia, with 1,716 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #315 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Emerson city earn a median of $76,424 a year, 2.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% above the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Emerson city is valued at $209,700, 30.9% below the national figure and 9% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,410 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,920 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Emerson city?: Emerson city has 1,716 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #315 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Emerson city?: Median household income in Emerson city is $76,424 a year, 2.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Emerson city?: Median gross rent is $1,410 a month and the median home value is $209,700, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.
Is Emerson city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Emerson city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Emerson city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.