Metter is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,969 people and two associated neighborhoods, Metter is the 176th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities, Metter isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Metter are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Metter is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Metter who work in food service (12.24%), office and administrative support (8.99%), and sales jobs (8.99%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Metter has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Metter a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Metter does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Metter have a very low rate of college education: just 8.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Metter in 2022 was $20,939, 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 $83,756 for a family of four. However, Metter contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Metter is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Metter home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Metter residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Metter also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Metter include Irish, European, English, German, and Canadian. The most common language spoken in Metter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
