City Taxes

First, the place

Before the taxes, the people they come from. Ashburn is the county seat, about half of Turner County, and I-75 runs right past it.

The people

City of Ashburnabout 4,2004,211 in the 2025 Census estimate; 4,291 in the 2020 count

Turner Countyabout 9,0008,983 in the 2025 Census estimate, Ashburn included

Under 18 / 65 and older1 in 4 / 1 in 5In Ashburn: 25% are under 18 and 23% are 65 or older

Homes owned, not rented49%Ashburn, about 1,800 households. 64% countywide; 66% in Georgia

Median household income

Half of households earn more, half earn less. 2020–2024 average.

City of Ashburn$29,583

Turner County$36,799

Georgia$77,353

People living in poverty

Share of residents below the federal poverty line. 2020–2024 average.

City of Ashburn26%

Turner County20%

Georgia13%

The highway

Cars and trucks on I-75, every dayabout 48,000Georgia DOT counts at all six I-75 stations in Turner County, 2025. That's more than five times the county's population, every day.

A yearabout 17.5 million48,000 a day × 365 days. An estimate from the daily count.

Trucksabout 3 in 10Measured on I-75 at the Tift County line, 2025. Turner's own stations don't count trucks.

What visitors spent in Turner County, 2025

About $10 million in all, mostly people passing through. It's a small share of the roughly $130 million spent in the county on taxable goods.

Food and drinks$2.8M

Gas and transportation$2.5M

Hotels$2.0M

Recreation$1.6M

Shopping$1.0M

Their spending brought in about $874,000 in state and local taxes, and supported about 105 local jobs.

The work

Where the jobs are in Turner County

1,759 jobs at 179 employers, early 2026. Jobs located in the county, wherever the worker lives.

Local government and schools433 jobs

Manufacturing (mostly wood products)246 jobs

Stores240 jobs

Wholesale179 jobs

Restaurants and hotels159 jobs

Health care145 jobs

The average job here pays about $850 a week, a little over half Georgia's average of $1,539. About half of working county residents drive to a job in another county.

Largest employers

From the Georgia Department of Labor, early 2026. Listed A to Z, not by size. Most government employers aren't on the list.

Carroll's Sausage & Meats
Georgia Department of Corrections
Golden Peanut Company
Heritage Healthcare of Ashburn
Parker Chevrolet
Phoenix Wood Products
Piggly Wiggly
Triangle Chemical Company
UFP Structural Packaging

The money

Spent on taxable goods in the countyabout $130 millionA year. Estimated from the 1% LOST: about $1.28 million collected in 2025, so about $128 million in taxable sales.

Local sales tax kept in the county$4.15 millionLOST, SPLOST, ELOST and the new FLOST, July 2025–June 2026. Every local government's share, not just the city's.

Turner County government, all revenue$15.6 millionYear ending June 2025, as the county reported it to the state. Not audited.

City of Ashburn, all revenuenot publicThe last public audit is 2019–20, and the city's 2024 and 2025 state reports don't agree with each other.

Where these numbers came from

That's the setting. Next, where Ashburn's money comes from. →

Compiled from public records as of October 22, 2026. Sales tax figures are unaudited state payment records; audits are the official word on what the city spent. For anything official, call City Hall at (229) 567-3431.