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Boston, GA

1,520 Population
2.3 square miles 674.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±10 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 39.6 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,058 ±$3,864 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: $32,212 ±$1,610
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,728 ±$13,100 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: $60,262 ±$4,032
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.5% ±11.5% (449  ±195) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 18.8% † 13,377 (±1.9% / ±1,370)
  • 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)

19.1 minutes ±2.5 (12,880  ±3,968) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 22.3 664,095 (±0.8 / ±31,377)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

647 ±112 Number of households
  • the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 28,792 ±530
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (1,520  ±293) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 2.5 71,139 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 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

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

Housing

697 ±111 Number of housing units
  • the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 32,775 ±50
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,500 ±$84,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: $180,600 ±$13,698
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±9.7% (193  ±151.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 10.1% † 7,224 (±1.6% / ±1,121.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±23.6% (871  ±165.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 86% 42,107 (±3.1% / ±1,526.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.3% ±6.8% (144  ±73.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 20.4% 10,003 (±1.5% / ±725.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

2.8% ±2.8% (43  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 3.8% 2,708
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±3% (50  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 7.4% † 4,041 (±0.9% / ±470)
  • 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)
50 Total veterans ±36 37 Male ±32 13 Female ±16

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