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, Quitman has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Quitman a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Quitman spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.92 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Quitman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Quitman, just 12.25% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Quitman in 2022 was $27,583, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,332 for a family of four. However, Quitman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Quitman also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Quitman is a very 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 German, French, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Quitman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
