Gordon is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,736 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gordon is the 273rd largest community in Georgia.Gordon is a blue-collar town, with 57.23% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Gordon is a city of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gordon who work in office and administrative support (8.74%), law enforcement and fire fighting (7.47%), and sales jobs (5.09%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gordon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gordon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.In Gordon, just 12.13% 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 Gordon in 2022 was $22,641, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,564 for a family of four. However, Gordon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gordon also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.33% of its population below the federal poverty line.Gordon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gordon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gordon residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Gordon include English, Irish, Scottish, Nigerian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Gordon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
