The population of Elbert county is estimated at 19,143. In 2017 there were 215 births and 259 deaths in Elbert county. Elbert county has 3,095 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,632 that are owned free and clear and 2,336 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Elbert County filed 7,970 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Georgia filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Elbert had a combined total federal tax liability of $45,835,000 on earned income of $324,676,000. Other notable statistics from Elbert County were 390 unemployment claims which collected a total of $506,000 and 1,330 charitable contributions valued at $7,990,000. 1,310 filings from Elbert County paid a combined total of $2,664,000 in property taxes and 1,000 filings paid $5,388,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Elbert county had 66 religious congregations with an estimated 11,434 members.
11.1% of the Elbert population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 41% of Elbert County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 227 votes.
At $35,452 the median income is 63.2% of the Georgia average. An estimated 419 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Elbert, the equivalant of around 5.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Elbert County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,028	Manufacturing
1,061	Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
1,027	All other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
1,027	Cut stone and stone product manufacturing
611	Retail trade
397	Health care and social assistance
325	Accommodation and food services
309	Wholesale trade
291	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
288	Food services and drinking places
288	Restaurants and other eating places
230	Nursing and residential care facilities
228	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
215	Limited-service restaurants
190	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 6.21% in Elbert County.

In 2018 10.00% of listings in Elbert County.

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