About Ailey

Ailey is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,852 people and just one neighborhood, Ailey is the 275th largest community in Georgia.

Ailey is a blue-collar town, with 39.1% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Ailey is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ailey who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.52%), sales jobs (6.75%), and teaching (6.14%).

Ailey is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Ailey isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.01% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Ailey doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Ailey Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Ailey is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.25% of adults 25 and older in Ailey have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ailey in 2000 was $14,914, 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 $59,656 for a family of four.

Ailey is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ailey home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ailey is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ailey include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Ailey is English. Some people also speak Spanish.