Augusta, GA real estate and demographic information

About Augusta

Augusta is a relatively large city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 196,494 people and 54 constituent neighborhoods, Augusta is the second largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Augusta is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Augusta is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Augusta who work in office and administrative support (14.12%), sales jobs (11.40%) and healthcare (7.49%).

Augusta is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Augusta, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Augusta Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Augusta who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.49% of the adults in Augusta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Augusta in 2010 was $20,629, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,516 for a family of four. However, Augusta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Augusta is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Augusta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Augusta residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Augusta include German, Irish and English.

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