Pay and cost of living in Quitman County, GA
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Quitman County, GA, the middle median salary is $23,160 a year. Pay runs from $23,160 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $23,160 for Fast Food and Counter Workers, a spread of $0. Wages come from the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Quitman County, GA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $803 a month and a two-bedroom $1,002. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,645 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $20,068 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Quitman County, GA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Quitman County, GA, set beside the Georgia and national medians.
Median household income in Quitman County, GA is $40,179, 48% below the Georgia median of $77,353 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($9,636) equals 24.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $23,160, is 42% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
The median value of an owner-occupied home in Quitman County, GA is $104,600, 66% below the Georgia median of $303,300.
Renters in Quitman County, GA pay a median gross rent of $918 a month in the Census survey, 34% below the Georgia median of $1,393. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $803; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Quitman County, GA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 25.0 minutes each way, 12% below the Georgia average of 28.3. 0.6% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.