Appling is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 658 people and two associated neighborhoods, Appling is the 370th largest community in Georgia. Appling home prices are not only among the most expensive in Georgia, but Appling real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Appling is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Appling is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Appling who work in healthcare (18.70%), office and administrative support (17.39%), and management occupations (16.09%). Because of many things, Appling is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Appling really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Appling perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Appling, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.39 minutes every day commuting to work. Appling is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Appling is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Appling has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well. Appling 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.The education level of Appling citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.47% of adults in Appling have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Appling in 2022 was $37,799, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,196 for a family of four. However, Appling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Appling also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.95% of its population below the federal poverty line.Appling is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Appling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Appling residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Appling include European, English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian. The most common language spoken in Appling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
