Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Quitman is worth considering.
One of the benefits of Quitman is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.92 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Quitman 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.
The rate of college-level education in Quitman is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.25% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Quitman in 2022 was $27,583, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,332 for a family of four. However, Quitman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Quitman also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Quitman is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quitman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quitman residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Quitman include German, French, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Quitman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
