About Avera

Avera is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 647 people and just one neighborhood, Avera is the 382nd largest community in Georgia.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Avera is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.2% of the Avera workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Avera is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Avera who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.09%), sales jobs (11.93%), and the sciences (7.72%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Avera has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

In Avera, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Avera is a very car-oriented town. 98.88% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Avera is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Avera has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

Avera Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Avera ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 1.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Avera in 2000 was $17,458, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,832 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Avera is English.