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Folkston, GA

4,609 Population
4.2 square miles 1,100.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Charlton County: 38 ±3.1
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$20,378 ±$4,050 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Charlton County: $24,015 † ±$2,515
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$45,453 ±$12,524 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Charlton County: $48,534 ±$4,650
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

33.2% ±10.8% (1,295  ±423) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Charlton County: 22.5% † 2,697 (±6.6% / ±795)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

18.8 minutes ±4.9 (30,690  ±10,501) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Charlton County: 25.4 † 120,385 (±2.9 / ±18,104)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

1,560 ±216 Number of households
  • Charlton County: 4,086 ±178
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.5 ±0.4 (3,902  ±104) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Charlton County: 2.9 12,004 (±0.1 / ±102)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

17.8% ±11.5% (120  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Charlton County: 8% † 188 (±4.3% / ±102)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

1,657 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Charlton County: 4,708 ±39
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$76,800 ±$33,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Charlton County: $119,000 † ±$20,228
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

19.1% ±7.6% (867  ±344.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Charlton County: 11.6% † 1,458 (±3.9% / ±489.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

80.4% ±10.7% (2,944  ±417.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Charlton County: 85.3% 7,353 (±7.2% / ±693.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
4.5% ±2.6% (166  ±95.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Charlton County: 11.4% † 983 (±3.9% / ±336.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±2.6% (208  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Charlton County: 3.2% 409
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

7.6% ±3.4% (295  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Charlton County: 8.4% † 851 (±2.1% / ±216)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
295 Total veterans ±131 273 Male ±127 22 Female ±30

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