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Claxton, GA

2,529 Population
1.7 square miles 1,454.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 31.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,888 ±$3,495 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: $30,622 ±$2,424
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,692 ±$14,884 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: $57,446 ±$2,283
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.7% ±10.6% (877  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 22.6% 19,358 (±1.7% / ±1,445)
  • 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)

26.6 minutes ±4.8 (23,695  ±5,673) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 25.5 948,810 (±0.8 / ±44,305)
  • a little less than 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

1,014 ±164 Number of households
  • the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 34,933 ±529
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (2,473  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 2.5 86,803 (±0 / ±204)
  • 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

9.9% ±7% (56  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,413 (±1.4% / ±362)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,232 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 38,882 ±95
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,000 ±$9,082 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: $207,800 ±$11,737
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±5.4% (308  ±136.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 20.3% 18,696 (±1.7% / ±1,568.5)
  • 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

83.2% ±12.2% (1,262  ±231.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 88.9% 48,253 (±3.3% / ±1,796.5)
  • 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)
10.9% ±4.6% (165  ±72.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 30.1% 16,347 (±1.8% / ±996.5)
  • 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

8.5% ±5.8% (214  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 4.1% 3,851
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±2.4% (73  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Statesboro, GA Micro Area: 5.7% † 4,220 (±0.6% / ±472)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
73 Total veterans ±45 55 Male ±36 18 Female ±18

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