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Jefferson, GA

14,249 Population
23 square miles 620.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$37,129 ±$3,348 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: $35,704 ±$1,254
  • a little less than the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$96,761 ±$15,380 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: $85,012 ±$4,632
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

9.4% ±3.2% (1,333  ±456) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 8.3% † 6,613 (±1.3% / ±1,001)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

35.2 minutes ±3.8 (217,575  ±27,536) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 32.2 1,089,845 (±1.3 / ±56,093)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

4,325 ±293 Number of households
  • the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 26,976 ±335
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
3.3 ±0.2 (14,228  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 3 79,914 (±0 / ±24)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

6.1% ±4.2% (181  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 6.1% † 1,170 (±1.5% / ±282)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

4,723 ±291 Number of housing units
  • the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 29,389 ±41
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$346,800 ±$16,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: $312,700 ±$8,406
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

10.5% ±3.6% (1,485  ±504.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 12.5% † 9,989 (±1.6% / ±1,270.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

90.5% ±8.1% (7,846  ±779.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 87.6% 47,565 (±3% / ±1,624.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
33.9% ±5.1% (2,937  ±455.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 27.3% 14,833 (±1.7% / ±938.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

6.7% ±2.8% (958  ±401) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 6.2% 4,963
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5.1% ±1.8% (503  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jefferson, GA Micro Area: 6.7% † 4,002 (±0.7% / ±415)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
503 Total veterans ±181 486 Male ±181 17 Female ±21

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