Cochran is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 4,559 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Cochran is the 174th largest community in Georgia.

Cochran is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Cochran is a city of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cochran who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.51%), personal care services (6.34%), and teaching (6.22%).

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

Cochran is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Cochran Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Cochran is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.13% of adults 25 and older in Cochran have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cochran in 2000 was $13,354, 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 $53,416 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Cochran is English.