Martin is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 344 people and three associated neighborhoods, Martin is the 438th largest community in Georgia.When you are in Martin, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 56.74% of Martin’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Martin is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Martin who work in management occupations (12.77%), office and administrative support (11.35%), and sales jobs (7.80%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.14% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Overall, Martin’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Martin 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. Martin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Martin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Martin may be for you. Martin is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Martin, just 10.92% 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 Martin in 2022 was $36,630, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,520 for a family of four. However, Martin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Martin is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Martin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Martin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Martin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.98% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Martin include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Martin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
