About Waleska

Waleska is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 567 people and just one neighborhood, Waleska is the 389th largest community in Georgia.

Waleska is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Waleska is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waleska who work in office and administrative support jobs (28.57%), teaching (10.71%), and sales jobs (10.00%).

Of important note, Waleska is also a city of artists. Waleska has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Waleska's character.

Waleska is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Waleska area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Waleska maintain a good economy.

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

Waleska Information and Demographics

The citizens of Waleska are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.68% of adults in Waleska have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Waleska in 2000 was $11,126, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $44,504 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Waleska is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Japanese.