Being a small city, Claxton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Claxton, just 12.01% 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 Claxton in 2022 was $17,893, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,572 for a family of four. However, Claxton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Claxton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.89% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Claxton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Claxton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Claxton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Claxton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Claxton include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Claxton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
