It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Quitman has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Quitman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Quitman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Quitman may be for you.
Quitman is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Quitman have a very low rate of college education: just 8.74% 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 Quitman in 2022 was $24,683, 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 $98,732 for a family of four. Quitman also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.50% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Quitman is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Quitman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Quitman residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Quitman include English, Italian, German, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Quitman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
