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Cusseta, GA
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Cusseta profile


Living in Cusseta


Cusseta is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 8,548 people and five associated neighborhoods, Cusseta is the 105th largest community in Georgia.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Cusseta, employing 43.52% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Retail and Public Service industries employ 15.84% and 10.11% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.68% 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.

One of the benefits of Cusseta is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.33 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Despite the fact that it is a small town, Cusseta has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the town for affordable transportation.

The overall education level of Cusseta citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.62% of adults in Cusseta have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Cusseta in 2022 was $29,560, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,240 for a family of four. However, Cusseta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cusseta is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cusseta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cusseta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cusseta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cusseta include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Cusseta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.