Because of many things, Appling is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Appling really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Appling perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Appling, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Appling is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Appling isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Appling does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Appling citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.47% of adults in Appling have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Appling in 2018 was $37,799, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,196 for a family of four. However, Appling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Appling also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.95% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Appling is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Appling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Appling residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Appling include European, English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Appling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
