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Baxley, GA

4,888 Population
8.2 square miles 597.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±5.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Appling County: 39.6 ±0.7
  • about 10 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

$22,904 ±$4,382 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Appling County: $26,411 ±$1,736
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$29,880 ±$7,259 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Appling County: $46,651 † ±$6,244
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.2% ±8.4% (1,529  ±397) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Appling County: 22.5% † 4,084 (±4.2% / ±755)
  • 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)

26.3 minutes ±6 (38,585  ±11,694) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Appling County: 27 195,290 (±2.4 / ±22,248)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,100 ±226 Number of households
  • Appling County: 7,178 ±297
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (4,690  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Appling County: 2.5 17,995 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • 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

2.5% ±2.8% (31  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Appling County: 5.3% † 202 (±2.2% / ±85)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,427 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Appling County: 8,565 ±27
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$72,300 ±$20,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Appling County: $76,700 † ±$8,626
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±6.1% (598  ±295.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Appling County: 10.4% † 1,902 (±3.1% / ±559.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±11.6% (3,101  ±470.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Appling County: 84.4% 10,634 (±5.8% / ±746.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.4% ±4.3% (437  ±154.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Appling County: 11.2% † 1,410 (±2.3% / ±285.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-third 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

5.2% ±2.6% (256  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Appling County: 5.4% 998
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±2.6% (152  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Appling County: 5% † 697 (±1.2% / ±171)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
152 Total veterans ±97 152 Male ±97 N/A Female ±14

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