About Fort Gaines

Fort Gaines is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,088 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Gaines is the 327th largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Gaines is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Gaines is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Gaines who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.00%), sales jobs (12.38%), and food service (6.81%).

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.97 minutes getting to work every day.

Fort Gaines is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Fort Gaines Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Fort Gaines with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 11.40% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Gaines in 2000 was $12,481, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $49,924 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Fort Gaines is English.