Box Springs is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 303 people and two associated neighborhoods, Box Springs is the 448th largest community in Georgia.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 22.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Overall, Box Springs’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Box Springs is worth considering.
In Box Springs, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 39.38 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Box Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Box Springs ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Box Springs in 2022 was $47,266, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $189,064 for a family of four. However, Box Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Box Springs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Box Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Box Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Box Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Box Springs include Scottish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Box Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.