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Banks County, GA

18,757 Population
232.6 square miles 80.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$32,088 ±$1,851 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$68,830 ±$10,370 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

12.8% ±2.9% (2,396  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

34.1 minutes ±2.8 (269,455  ±27,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,787 ±143 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.8 ±0.1 (18,757  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±1.9% (178  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,373 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$251,700 ±$17,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.7% ±1.9% (1,430  ±351.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.3% ±5.1% (10,910  ±672.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.3% ±2.5% (2,300  ±329.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% (985  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.4% ±1.2% (936  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
936 Total veterans ±177 881 Male ±178 55 Female ±48

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