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Fort Oglethorpe, GA

10,416 Population
13.9 square miles 749.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$29,430 ±$2,348 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $41,227 ±$675
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
$51,867 ±$4,670 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $72,161 ±$1,254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407

11.1% ±3.9% (1,111  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13% 73,215 (±0.6% / ±3,447)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)

20.9 minutes ±3.7 (89,550  ±10,888) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 24.1 5,671,875 (±0.3 / ±107,610)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)

Families

4,615 ±269 Number of households
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 231,335 ±1,284
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
2.2 ±0.1 (10,052  ±145) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 2.4 562,345 (±0 / ±155)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640

2.8% ±2.3% (63  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5.7% 7,530 (±0.5% / ±635)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)

Housing

5,071 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 254,730 ±255
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384

$199,700 ±$15,509 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $272,400 ±$4,303
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171

21.6% ±6% (2,242  ±619.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 13.9% 78,778 (±0.7% / ±3,929.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)

Social

89% ±8.4% (6,884  ±731.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 90% 366,386 (±1.2% / ±4,789.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
19.5% ±4.3% (1,511  ±339.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 31.9% 129,752 (±0.8% / ±3,068)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)

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

3.9% ±2.4% (402  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5% 28,814
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778

5.9% ±2.4% (509  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 6.9% 31,277 (±0.3% / ±1,271)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
509 Total veterans ±204 468 Male ±197 41 Female ±39

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