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Fayette County, GA

123,351 Population
194.6 square miles 634 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,674 ±$3,575 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$106,849 ±$8,072 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.5% ±2% (5,538  ±2,490) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

32.3 minutes ±0.7 (1,455,150  ±57,455) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

45,095 ±898 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.1 (122,492  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.8% ±2.9% (1,863  ±793) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

47,096 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$462,900 ±$18,077 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.5% ±2.6% (11,557  ±3,142.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.1% ±5.7% (80,107  ±4,997.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
49.2% ±4.3% (42,340  ±3,736.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

12.1% (14,926  ±2,803) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

13.3% ±2.6% (12,786  ±2,522) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
12,786 Total veterans ±2,522 10,451 Male ±1,613 2,335 Female ±1,339

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