Milledgeville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 19,018 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Milledgeville is the 45th largest community in Georgia.

Milledgeville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Milledgeville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Milledgeville who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.21%), sales jobs (11.84%), and food service (9.28%).

Milledgeville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Milledgeville enrolled in college, Milledgeville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Milledgeville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.20 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Milledgeville is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.7% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Milledgeville.

In Milledgeville, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Milledgeville is a relatively small city. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Milledgeville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Milledgeville are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 16.60% of adults in Milledgeville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Milledgeville in 2000 was $12,782, 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 $51,128 for a family of four.

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

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