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Buford, Georgia Economy Profile

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 Buford, Georgia United States
StateGeorgia
CityBuford
Total population10,668 281,421,906
Male5,386138,053,563
Female5,282143,368,343
Median age (years)32.535.3
Total households3,794105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)38,73341,994

Buford, Georgia Economy

65.43% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Buford, Georgia. Among them 29.43% are females aged 16 and over. 68.65% of Buford, Georgia workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 0.68% use public transportation (including taxicab). One point seven three percent of Buford, Georgia residents work at home.

The total population of Buford, Georgia is ten thousand, six hundred and sixty-eight people. The median household income in Buford, Georgia is thirty-eight thousand, seven hundred and thirty-three dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 20.97% of all occupations. 14.78% of Buford, Georgia population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 30.66% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 18.23% of occupations.

18.2% of families in Buford, Georgia have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. Zero of families are below poverty level. Buford, Georgia median household income is thirty-eight thousand, seven hundred and thirty-three dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive twenty-nine thousand, four hundred and fifty-eight dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid $22,342.

 Buford, Georgia %, Buford, Georgia United States
Population 16 years and over8,225  217,168,077
In labor force5,382 65.43%63.92%
- Civilian labor force5,382 65.43%63.39%
- - Employed5,130 62.37%59.73%
- - Unemployed252 3.06%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force4.7  5.8
- Armed Forces0  0.53%
Not in labor force2,843 34.57%36.08%
 
Females 16 years and over4,179 50.81%51.66%
In labor force2,421 29.43%29.72%
- Civilian labor force2,421 29.43%29.65%
- - Employed2,320 28.21%27.92%
 
Own children under 6 years924 11.23%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force678  12,787,501
 
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over4,969  128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone3,411 68.65%75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled1,350 27.17%12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)34 0.68%4.73%
Walked18 0.36%2.93%
Other means70 1.41%1.19%
Worked at home86 1.73%3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)27.9 0.56%25.5
 
Employed civilian population 16 years and over5,130  129,721,512
 
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations1,076 20.97%33.65%
Service occupations777 15.15%14.86%
Sales and office occupations1,573 30.66%26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations11 0.21%0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations758 14.78%9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations935 18.23%14.62%
 
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining0  1.87%
Construction671 13.08%6.78%
Manufacturing864 16.84%14.1%
Wholesale trade256 4.99%3.6%
Retail trade829 16.16%11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities209 4.07%5.2%
Information153 2.98%3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing279 5.44%6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services469 9.14%9.3%
Educational, health and social services516 10.06%19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services484 9.43%7.87%
Other services (except public administration)245 4.78%4.87%
Public administration155 3.02%4.79%
 
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers4,398 85.73%78.47%
Government workers484 9.43%14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business248 4.83%6.63%
Unpaid family workers0  0.31%
 Buford, Georgia %, Buford, Georgia United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households3,800  105,539,122
Less than $10,000380 10.0%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999229 6.03%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999600 15.79%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999539 14.18%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999632 16.63%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999739 19.45%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999385 10.13%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999194 5.11%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,99935 0.92%2.2%
$200,000 or more67 1.76%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)38,733  41,994
With earnings3,220 39.15%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)51,981  56,604
With Social Security income821 9.98%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,479  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income174 2.12%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)5,239  6,320
With public assistance income91 1.11%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,977  3,032
With retirement income437 5.31%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)10,993  17,376
 
Families2,627  72,261,780
Less than $10,000147 5.6%5.75%
$10,000 to $14,99990 3.43%4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999416 15.84%10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999362 13.78%12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999478 18.2%17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999591 22.5%22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999314 11.95%12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999147 5.6%9.6%
$150,000 to $199,99924 0.91%2.75%
$200,000 or more58 2.21%2.92%
Median family income (dollars)43,100  50,046
 
Per capita income (dollars)18,308  21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers29,458  37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers22,342  27,194
 
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families197  6,620,945
With related children under 18 years133 67.51%77.87%
- With related children under 5 years86 43.65%38.7%
 
Families with female householder, no husband present47  3,315,916
With related children under 18 years34 72.34%88.68%
- With related children under 5 years5 10.64%42.27%
 
Individuals1,180  33,899,812
18 years and over907 76.86%65.35%
- 65 years and over164 13.9%9.7%
Related children under 18 years249 21.1%33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years151 12.8%23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over463 39.24%31.63%
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.