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Whitfield County, GA

103,687 Population
290.4 square miles 357 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,675 ±$3,555 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,824 ±$9,604 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.5% ±3.6% (17,963  ±3,737) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.4 minutes ±0.4 (961,275  ±29,980) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

37,316 ±1,113 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0.1 (102,504  ±39) 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

5.4% ±3.1% (1,302  ±734) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

40,266 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$243,400 ±$23,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.2% ±3.7% (13,626  ±3,789) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

75.7% ±5.6% (52,049  ±3,865.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
21.3% ±3.2% (14,643  ±2,180.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)
  • about three-fifths of 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

22.4% (23,181  ±2,706) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.6% ±1.2% (3,636  ±904) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,636 Total veterans ±904 3,544 Male ±910 92 Female ±133

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