Residents will find that the city 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, Tallapoosa is worth considering.
One downside of living in Tallapoosa, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.95 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Tallapoosa does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Tallapoosa, just 12.77% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Tallapoosa in 2022 was $24,872, 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 $99,488 for a family of four. However, Tallapoosa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tallapoosa is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tallapoosa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tallapoosa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tallapoosa include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Tallapoosa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
