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Jekyll Island, GA

1,078 Population
9 square miles 119.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.4 ±13.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 43.6 ±0.4
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$49,653 ±$13,153 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: $37,419 ±$1,540
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$76,445 ±$22,726 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: $64,819 ±$3,070
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

7.4% ±10.8% (80  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 17% † 19,197 (±1.8% / ±2,051)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

16.6 minutes ±9.7 (4,125  ±3,850) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 22.4 982,115 (±0.8 / ±49,764)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

659 ±258 Number of households
  • the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 46,237 ±908
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
1.6 ±0.2 (1,078  ±435) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 2.4 112,686 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,434 ±331 Number of housing units
  • the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 57,961 ±47
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$522,100 ±$99,304 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: $221,400 ±$9,572
  • nearly double the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

36.9% ±29% (398  ±351.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 11.3% † 12,790 (±1.3% / ±1,496.3)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

100% ±56.9% (1,078  ±431.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 87.5% 71,745 (±2.7% / ±2,194.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
48.4% ±16.7% (522  ±277.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 26.2% 21,458 (±1.5% / ±1,200)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

7.5% ±6.8% (81  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 4.8% 5,534
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

14.8% ±11.2% (160  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area: 7.8% † 7,087 (±0.8% / ±710)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
160 Total veterans ±137 56 Male ±62 104 Female ±125

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