Americus is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 15,642 people and five associated neighborhoods, Americus is the 71st largest community in Georgia.Americus is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Americus is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Americus who work in office and administrative support (12.58%), sales jobs (7.93%), and food service (7.86%). Also of interest is that Americus has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.02% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.Because there are quite a few people attending college in Americus, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Americus provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.66 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small city, Americus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Americus are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.48% of adults in Americus having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Americus in 2022 was $20,626, 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 $82,504 for a family of four. However, Americus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Americus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Americus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Americus residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Americus include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Americus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
