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Lavonia, GA

2,279 Population
4.5 square miles 505.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 40.1 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,645 ±$3,928 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $30,074 ±$2,780
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,859 ±$6,997 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Franklin County: $53,046 ±$4,536
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±12.7% (595  ±310) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Franklin County: 19.5% † 4,564 (±3.3% / ±760)
  • about 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)

18.8 minutes ±5.3 (14,625  ±5,910) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Franklin County: 27 238,165 (±1.3 / ±18,853)
  • about two-thirds 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

916 ±175 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 8,994 ±300
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,279  ±489) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 2.6 23,530 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.9% ±6.4% (57  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 6.2% † 329 (±2.1% / ±112)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,132 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 10,905 ±26
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$198,100 ±$38,679 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $179,000 † ±$18,644
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±7.2% (302  ±173.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 8.5% † 2,048 (±1.9% / ±451.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±23.1% (1,208  ±220.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 83.1% 13,724 (±4.4% / ±741)
  • 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)
26.8% ±6.5% (375  ±116.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 17.8% † 2,934 (±2.1% / ±354.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

2% ±2.6% (46  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 4.6% 1,114
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.9% ±1.8% (30  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Franklin County: 6.2% † 1,177 (±1.3% / ±238)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±29 22 Male ±27 8 Female ±12

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