The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tallapoosa has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tallapoosa a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Tallapoosa is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tallapoosa, the average commute to work is 32.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Tallapoosa doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Tallapoosa is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.77% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Tallapoosa in 2018 was $24,872, 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 $99,488 for a family of four. However, Tallapoosa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tallapoosa is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tallapoosa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tallapoosa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tallapoosa include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Tallapoosa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
