As is often the case in a small city, Cornelia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Cornelia who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.69% of adults in Cornelia have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Cornelia in 2022 was $30,744, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,976 for a family of four. However, Cornelia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cornelia also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.29% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cornelia is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cornelia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cornelia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cornelia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cornelia include English, Irish, German, Czech, and European.
The most common language spoken in Cornelia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
