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Walker County, GA

69,489 Population
446.3 square miles 155.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,898 ±$2,921 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,594 ±$6,382 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.2% ±3.8% (10,316  ±2,536) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.4 minutes ±2 (792,950  ±65,703) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

26,020 ±1,464 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.2 (67,781  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.9% ±3.4% (616  ±537) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

29,844 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$219,800 ±$17,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.8% ±3.2% (8,144  ±2,165.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.5% ±6.4% (43,553  ±3,206.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
18.9% ±3% (9,315  ±1,490) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)
  • about half 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

1.3% (922  ±659) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8% ±1.7% (4,352  ±935) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,352 Total veterans ±935 4,352 Male ±935 N/A Female ±226

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