With 4,062 people, Quitman is a city in Georgia. The poverty rate is 42.6%, above the 12.5% national rate. That trails the Georgia median by roughly 75%. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 11% of adults. The median age is 45.8, about 7 years above the US median. That sits in the bottom 3% of US cities for household income.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $19,324, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Quitman
What changed most since 1990
Median age32.2 → 45.8(+13.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Population5,292 → 4,062(−23%)US over the same years: +35%
Median home value (2024 dollars)$96,723 → $110,700(+14%)US over the same years: +67%
Quitman's population equals 25% of Brooks County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 6.1% of the county's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 9.8% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31.2%(73)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era72.2%(169)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 234 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Quitman, decade by decade
Quitman population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,292
$30,092
$96,723
12.3%
60.5
2000
4,638
$38,116
$96,730
11.7%
59.1
2010
3,850
$36,790
$107,461
14.9%
59.5
2020
4,064
$27,404
–
16.4%
58.0
2024
4,062
$19,324
$110,700
11.2%
62.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
