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Carters Lake, GA mapPopulation (year 2000): 6,384
Males: 3,251  (50.9%)
Females: 3,133  (49.1%)

Bartow County

Median resident age:  34.0 years
Georgia median age:  33.4 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,400 (it was $32,901 in 2000)
Carters Lake  $35,400
Georgia:  $45,604

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $123,200 (it was $91,200 in 2000)
Carters Lake  $123,200
Georgia:  $147,500

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Races in Carters Lake:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.9%)
  • Hispanic (7.8%)
  • Other race (3.4%)
  • Two or more races (1.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 787 feet

Land area: 73.0 square miles.

Population density: 87 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Carters Lake

  • High school or higher: 67.2%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
  • Unemployed: 3.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 31.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Carters Lake CCD

  • Never married: 19.7%
  • Now married: 65.3%
  • Separated: 2.1%
  • Widowed: 3.6%
  • Divorced: 11.4%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.3%
Georgia:  7.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Carters Lake:  0.5% ($428)
Georgia:  0.8% ($919)
Carters Lake satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Northeast Cobb, GA (44.4 miles , pop. 150,396).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Atlanta, GA (62.0 miles , pop. 416,474).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (542.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Ellijay, GA (6.1 miles ), East Ellijay, GA (6.4 miles ), Cartecay, GA (8.7 miles ), Talking Rock, GA (9.9 miles) , Ludville, GA (12.9 miles ), Ranger, GA (14.6 miles) , Red Bud, GA (14.6 miles ), Jasper, GA (14.7 miles ).

Latitude: 34.64 N, Longitude: 84.56 W




Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (27%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (16%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Truck transportation (3%)
  • Wood products (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (16%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (11%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Carpenters (9%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)


Carters Lake-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Georgia state average. It is 70% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 14.7 miles away from the Carters Lake place center killed 9 people and injured 67 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 3/27/1994, a category 4 tornado 23.0 miles away from the place center killed 3 people and injured 20 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Carters Lake:
  • NORTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles; ELLIJAY, GA)
  • MOUNTAINSIDE MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; JASPER, GA)
  • MURRAY MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; CHATSWORTH, GA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Carters Lake:
  • RICHARD B RUSSELL (about 46 miles; ROME, GA; ID: RMG)
  • DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE (about 52 miles; MARIETTA, GA; ID: MGE)
  • LOVELL FIELD (about 52 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; ID: CHA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Carters Lake:
  • GILMER COUNTY (about 4 miles; ELLIJAY, GA; ID: 49A)
  • PICKENS COUNTY (about 16 miles; JASPER, GA; ID: JZP)
  • DALTON MUNI (about 23 miles; DALTON, GA; ID: DNN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Carters Lake:
  • NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; DAHLONEGA, GA; Full-time enrollment: 3,119)
  • KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; KENNESAW, GA; FT enrollment: 9,589)
  • LEE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; CLEVELAND, TN; FT enrollment: 3,171)
  • CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; CLEVELAND, TN; FT enrollment: 2,022)
  • LIFE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; MARIETTA, GA; FT enrollment: 2,881)
  • SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; MARIETTA, GA; FT enrollment: 2,559)
  • CHATTAHOOCHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 49 miles; MARIETTA, GA; FT enrollment: 2,012)

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Churches in Carters Lake include: Berean Church (A), Sunlight Church (B), Shady Grove Church (C), Cross Roads Church (D), Ridgeway Church (E), Doll Mountain Church (F), Pleasant Grove Church (G), Flat Creek Baptist Church (H), Mount Pisgah Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Flat Creek Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoirs: McCuller Lake (A), Timber Lake (B), Miller-Grindley Pond (C), Chitwood Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Flat Creek (A), Gunstock Branch (B), Mountaintown Creek (C), Harris Creek (D), Tails Creek (E), Crump Creek (F), Woodring Branch (G), Wurley Creek (H), Johnson Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Carters Lake include: Doll Mountain Recreation Area (1), Harris Branch Recreation Area (2), Woodridge Branch Recreation Area (3), Ridgeway Recreation Area (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Georgia:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  59.8%
Whole state:  70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.6%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  13.3%
Whole state:  13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.4%
Whole state:  6.1%

Carters Lake compared to Georgia state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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9.48% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,619 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.48%
Georgia average:  10.98%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($464 average AGI)
Bartow County:  0.21%
Georgia average:  0.39%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Cobb County, GA  1.88% ($43,014 average AGI)
from Cherokee County, GA  0.82% ($36,885)
from Gordon County, GA  0.58% ($31,441)


7.55% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,349 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.55%
Georgia average:  9.55%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($205 average AGI)
Bartow County:  0.03%
Georgia average:  0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Cobb County, GA  1.26% ($37,471 average AGI)
to Cherokee County, GA  0.66% ($39,455)
to Floyd County, GA  0.52% ($32,787)


Strongest AM radio stations in Carters Lake:
  • WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
  • WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WPGY (1560 AM; daytime; 1 kW; ELLIJAY, GA; Owner: TRI-STATE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WMLB (1160 AM; 50 kW; EAST POINT, GA; Owner: ATLANTA AREA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WAZX (1550 AM; 50 kW; SMYRNA, GA; Owner: GA-MEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
  • WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
  • WAOK (1380 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WQXI (790 AM; 28 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF GEORGIA)
  • WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
  • WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Carters Lake:
  • WNSY (100.1 FM; TALKING ROCK, GA; Owner: CHARLES A. MCCLURE)
  • W234AG (94.7 FM; CHATSWORTH, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WLJA-FM (93.5 FM; ELLIJAY, GA; Owner: TRI-STATE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W221AW (92.1 FM; NORTH CANTON, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • W214AS (90.7 FM; WALESKA, GA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • WQMT (98.9 FM; CHATSWORTH, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WCCV (91.7 FM; CARTERSVILLE, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WWEV-FM (91.5 FM; CUMMING, GA; Owner: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION)
  • WLCL (105.7 FM; CANTON, GA; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WPPL (103.9 FM; BLUE RIDGE, GA; Owner: FANNIN COUNTY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • W215AY (90.9 FM; ELLIJAY, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Carters Lake:
  • W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WPXA (Channel 14; ROME, GA; Owner: PAXSON ATLANTA LICENSE, INC.)
  • WCLP-TV (Channel 18; CHATSWORTH, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WFLI-TV (Channel 53; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CHATTANOOGA MEDIA HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
  • WSKC-LP (Channel 59; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: KM LPTV OF ATLANTA, L.L.C.)

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