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Alma, GA

3,426 Population
6.1 square miles 562.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bacon County: 40.6 ±1.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,024 ±$3,700 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bacon County: $26,299 † ±$4,428
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,884 ±$9,473 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bacon County: $44,694 ±$4,178
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.2% ±9.7% (805  ±297) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bacon County: 24.5% † 2,622 (±6.1% / ±656)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±11 (25,250  ±11,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bacon County: 26.4 † 104,395 (±3.4 / ±15,903)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,417 ±145 Number of households
  • Bacon County: 4,204 ±170
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,069  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bacon County: 2.6 10,745 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±3.9% (26  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bacon County: 5.6% † 140 (±3.9% / ±97)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,638 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Bacon County: 4,831 ±22
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,400 ±$9,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Bacon County: $101,400 † ±$16,528
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.1% ±6.1% (478  ±207.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Bacon County: 6.7% † 731 (±2.3% / ±254)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79% ±10.3% (1,877  ±285.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bacon County: 85.9% 6,293 (±7.1% / ±535.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.7% ±4.1% (206  ±99) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bacon County: 10.4% † 762 (±2.9% / ±214.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.5% ±3.9% (121  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Bacon County: 3.5% 391
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±5.1% (266  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bacon County: 9% † 748 (±3% / ±252)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
266 Total veterans ±136 171 Male ±94 95 Female ±86

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