Americus is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 15,742 people and five associated neighborhoods, Americus is the 71st largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Americus is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Americus is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Americus who work in food service (10.39%), office and administrative support (9.35%), and sales jobs (8.97%). Also of interest is that Americus has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Americus telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.In addition, Americus is a college town. There are a lot of students in Americus attending college, and as a result Americus provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Americus is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.01 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. Being a small city, Americus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Americus are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.90% of adults in Americus having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Americus in 2022 was $20,830, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,320 for a family of four. However, Americus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Americus also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.69% of its population below the federal poverty line.Americus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Americus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Americus residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Americus include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Americus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
