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Eatonton, GA

6,515 Population
20.5 square miles 317.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Putnam County: 47.8 ±1.9
  • 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

$36,658 ±$9,420 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Putnam County: $48,458 † ±$5,774
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,250 ±$34,524 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Putnam County: $72,096 † ±$11,938
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.6% ±7.7% (1,064  ±492) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Putnam County: 17.7% † 3,975 (±4.2% / ±947)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±3.2 (57,280  ±13,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Putnam County: 31.1 265,995 (±2.3 / ±28,848)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,521 ±221 Number of households
  • Putnam County: 10,435 ±356
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (6,391  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Putnam County: 2.2 22,680 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16.5% ±13.1% (170  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Putnam County: 6.1% † 247 (±4.2% / ±173)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,755 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Putnam County: 13,505 ±21
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,400 ±$48,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Putnam County: $249,300 ±$22,521
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±3.7% (395  ±238.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Putnam County: 9.3% † 2,114 (±2.5% / ±565.8)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.4% ±11.3% (3,798  ±583.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Putnam County: 86.6% 14,505 (±5.8% / ±989.4)
  • 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)
20.4% ±5.7% (927  ±269.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Putnam County: 31.1% † 5,214 (±3.3% / ±547.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about three-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

11.3% ±4.5% (738  ±294) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Putnam County: 7.6% 1,731
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±4.1% (455  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Putnam County: 8.7% † 1,590 (±1.8% / ±322)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
455 Total veterans ±201 444 Male ±195 11 Female ±20

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