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Lakeland, GA

2,968 Population
3.1 square miles 956.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,530 ±$3,439 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $30,036 ±$1,213
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$31,147 ±$5,178 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $57,085 ±$2,101
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

44.1% ±14.4% (1,213  ±395) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 20.2% 29,328 (±1.6% / ±2,289)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±5.8 (15,815  ±6,611) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 20.6 1,269,200 (±0.7 / ±52,326)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,137 ±122 Number of households
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 56,786 ±783
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (2,737  ±16) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 2.6 144,891 (±0 / ±103)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.2% ±11.4% (87  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 7.7% † 3,004 (±1.2% / ±475)
  • 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

1,433 ±117 Number of housing units
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 64,334 ±152
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,600 ±$51,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $201,300 ±$7,894
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±5.4% (266  ±157.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 12.5% 18,505 (±1.1% / ±1,609)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.3% ±13.4% (1,569  ±291.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 89.1% 82,315 (±2.4% / ±2,253.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.3% ±6.8% (223  ±125) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 25.5% 23,567 (±1.2% / ±1,148.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.6% (13  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 4.1% 6,177
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±4.2% (179  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 9.7% 10,705 (±0.7% / ±733)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
179 Total veterans ±92 147 Male ±90 32 Female ±33

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