Because of many things, Appling is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Appling a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Appling has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Appling’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
In Appling, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.08 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Appling is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Appling isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.39% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Being a small town, Appling does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Appling ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Appling, 46.33% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Appling in 2022 was $40,481, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,924 for a family of four. However, Appling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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. Important ancestries of people in Appling include Irish, 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.
