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Emerson city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Emerson city is a Census city of 1,573 people across 8.74 square miles of land, in Bartow County. Median household income is $75,250, 68.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $750,000.
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Emerson
What Emerson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.74 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land180 plus or minus 43
- County holding the largest share of its areaBartow County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
How many people live in Emerson
- Population1,573 plus or minus 379
- Median age39.9
- Population under 18424 plus or minus 152
- Share under 1827.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Population 65 and over275 plus or minus 76
- Share 65 and over17.5 percent
- Households585 plus or minus 125
- Family households419 plus or minus 107
- Share of households that are families71.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
Income and work in Emerson
- Median household income$75,250 plus or minus $26,020
- Per capita income$41,972 plus or minus $10,513
- Civilian labor force775 plus or minus 212
- Employed710 plus or minus 188
- Unemployed65 plus or minus 57
- Unemployment rate8.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over1,018 plus or minus 213
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.7 percent plus or minus 25.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.8 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
Housing in Emerson
- Housing units613 plus or minus 125
- Occupied units585 plus or minus 125
- Vacant units28 plus or minus 30
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Owner occupied401 plus or minus 93
- Renter occupied184 plus or minus 90
- Ownership rate68.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$226,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,486 plus or minus $591
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.7 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Single family units569 plus or minus 118
- Share single family92.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more0.3 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
How Emerson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute571 plus or minus 166
- Commuting under 15 minutes131 plus or minus 69
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.9 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more215 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.7 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Drove alone72.6 percent
- Carpooled5.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home18.9 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emerson
SBA 7(a) lending to Emerson borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$750,000
- Average approval$750,000
- Median approval$750,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$750,000
- Largest approval$750,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term302 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Emerson
SBA 504 lending to Emerson borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$10,831,000
- Average approval$2,166,200
- Median approval$2,783,000
- Largest approval$4,451,000
- Jobs supported63
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Emerson
Flood programme status in Emerson
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130276
- Currently effective map date10/05/18
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Bartow County, not Emerson
Bartow County context, not Emerson figures
These are Bartow County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Emerson measurements.
- Establishments in Bartow County2,439
- Employment at those establishments, Bartow County39,078
- Covered employment, Bartow County46,472
- Average annual pay, Bartow County$57,660
- Average weekly wage, Bartow County$1,109
- Housing units permitted, Bartow County1,622
- Of those, single family, Bartow County1,139
- County product, 2024, Bartow County$8,646,416,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bartow County9.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bartow County$62,904
Every figure in this section is published for Bartow County as a whole and is not a measurement of Emerson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Emerson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Emerson, Georgia?
1,573, in 585 households. Emerson city covers 8.74 square miles of land, which is 180 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Emerson in?
Bartow County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Emerson?
$75,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $226,600. Median gross rent is $1,486 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Emerson businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $750,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $750,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $10.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Emerson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Emerson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Emerson. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Emerson in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Emerson appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130276, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Emerson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bartow County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Emerson.
Is zoning published for Emerson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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