Watkinsville is a very small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 2,106 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Watkinsville is the 261st largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Watkinsville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Watkinsville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Watkinsville who work in teaching (12.64%), office and administrative support jobs (11.33%), and sales jobs (10.10%).

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

Also of interest is that Watkinsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Watkinsville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Watkinsville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.09% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Watkinsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Watkinsville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Watkinsville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 40.98% of adults in Watkinsville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Watkinsville in 2000 was $20,968, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $83,872 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Watkinsville is English.