Washington is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,623 people and two associated neighborhoods, Washington is the 183rd largest community in Georgia.When you are in Washington, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.33% of Washington’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Washington is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Washington who work in office and administrative support (10.74%), healthcare suport services (8.06%), and teaching (6.68%). Also of interest is that Washington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Washington 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. Washington has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Washington than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Washington may be for you. One downside of living in Washington, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.31 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Washington citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.26% of adults in Washington have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Washington in 2022 was $40,359, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,436 for a family of four. However, Washington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Washington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Washington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Washington residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Washington include English, German, African, Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Washington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
