Ellabell is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 7,323 people and two associated neighborhoods, Ellabell is the third largest community in Georgia. Ellabell has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ellabell, where the median household income is $74,972.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ellabell is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ellabell is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ellabell who work in office and administrative support (17.21%), sales jobs (13.08%), and maintenance occupations (7.04%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ellabell has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ellabell has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ellabell than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ellabell may be for you. One downside of living in Ellabell, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.57 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Ellabell does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Ellabell with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.79% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Ellabell in 2022 was $31,123, 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 $124,492 for a family of four. However, Ellabell contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ellabell is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ellabell home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ellabell residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ellabell include English, Irish, German, Welsh, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Ellabell is English. Other important languages spoken here include Russian and Spanish.
