Thomaston is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 9,876 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Thomaston is the 103rd largest community in Georgia.Thomaston is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Thomaston is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thomaston who work in sales jobs (11.99%), management occupations (10.55%), and food service (8.43%). Thomaston is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Thomaston is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.21% of adults 25 and older in Thomaston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Thomaston in 2022 was $25,458, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,832 for a family of four. However, Thomaston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Thomaston also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.16% of its population below the federal poverty line.Thomaston is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Thomaston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Thomaston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Thomaston include English, Irish, German, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Thomaston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
