Gordon is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,742 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gordon is the 273rd largest community in Georgia.When you are in Gordon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 57.23% of Gordon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gordon is a city of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gordon who work in office and administrative support (8.74%), law enforcement and fire fighting (7.47%), and sales jobs (5.09%). 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!) Gordon 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. Gordon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gordon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gordon may be for you.In Gordon, just 12.13% 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 Gordon in 2022 was $22,641, 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 $90,564 for a family of four. However, Gordon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gordon also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.33% of its population below the federal poverty line.Gordon is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gordon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gordon residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Gordon include English, Irish, Scottish, Nigerian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Gordon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
