It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Blackshear has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Blackshear has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Blackshear than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Blackshear may be for you.
Blackshear is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Blackshear with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.83% of adults in Blackshear have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Blackshear in 2022 was $27,936, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,744 for a family of four. However, Blackshear contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Blackshear is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Blackshear home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blackshear residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Blackshear include English, Scottish, Irish, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Blackshear is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
