Overall, Martin’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Martin 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. Martin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Martin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Martin may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Martin doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Martin is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.92% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Martin in 2022 was $36,630, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,520 for a family of four. However, Martin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Martin is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Martin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Martin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Martin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.98% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Martin include Irish, German, English, Scottish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Martin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
