The population of Gilmer county is estimated at 30,033. In 2017 there were 337 births and 337 deaths in Gilmer county. Gilmer county has 5,276 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,379 that are owned free and clear and 2,659 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Gilmer County filed 12,400 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Georgia filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Gilmer had a combined total federal tax liability of $83,439,000 on earned income of $592,700,000. Other notable statistics from Gilmer County were 330 unemployment claims which collected a total of $860,000 and 2,530 charitable contributions valued at $18,711,000. 2,690 filings from Gilmer County paid a combined total of $6,031,000 in property taxes and 2,270 filings paid $16,544,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Gilmer county had 48 religious congregations with an estimated 12,696 members.
18.6% of the Gilmer population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 42% of Gilmer County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,705 votes.
At $46,200 the median income is 82.3% of the Georgia average. An estimated 601 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Gilmer, the equivalant of around 5.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Gilmer County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,507	Manufacturing
1,103	Retail trade
712	Accommodation and food services
673	Restaurants and other eating places
577	Health care and social assistance
312	Limited-service restaurants
204	Food and beverage stores
188	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
186	Finance and insurance
180	Grocery stores
169	Other services (except public administration)
168	Professional, scientific, and technical services
153	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
142	Depository credit intermediation
142	Commercial banking

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.15% in Gilmer County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 30536, 30540 and 30522).

In 2018 13.30% of listings in Gilmer County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 30536, 30522 and 30540) dropped their price.

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