Barnesville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Barnesville enrolled in college, Barnesville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
The citizens of Barnesville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.43% of adults in Barnesville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Barnesville in 2022 was $23,049, 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 $92,196 for a family of four. However, Barnesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Barnesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Barnesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Barnesville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Barnesville include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Barnesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
