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Avera, GA

259 Population
0.6 square miles 398.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±4.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 40.9 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,916 ±$10,821 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $27,127 ±$2,249
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $53,014 † ±$7,090
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.5% ±32.2% (79  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson County: 16.9% † 2,515 (±4.2% / ±616)
  • more than 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)

39.1 minutes ±13.6 (4,725  ±2,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jefferson County: 28.2 170,260 (±2.8 / ±21,580)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

109 ±41 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 5,751 ±238
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (259  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 14,834 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

121 ±42 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 7,172 ±37
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$51,900 ±$18,230 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Jefferson County: $105,400 † ±$11,240
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±8.2% (22  ±23.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 10.2% † 1,542 (±2.6% / ±389.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±48.4% (164  ±57.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 83.7% 8,748 (±5.7% / ±605.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.7% ±18% (15  ±31.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 13.5% † 1,411 (±2.5% / ±258.7)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.9% ±5.7% (9  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.4% † 879 (±1.8% / ±210)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
9 Total veterans ±11 7 Male ±10 2 Female ±4

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