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Metter, GA

3,976 Population
7.5 square miles 529.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Candler County: 41 ±1.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,708 ±$3,037 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Candler County: $25,898 ±$2,078
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$36,111 ±$13,285 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Candler County: $50,431 † ±$7,016
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

16.6% ±7.2% (626  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Candler County: 17.5% † 1,870 (±5.4% / ±579)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

21.6 minutes ±4.3 (32,160  ±7,667) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Candler County: 22.8 † 98,960 (±2.7 / ±14,032)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

1,756 ±155 Number of households
  • Candler County: 4,183 ±144
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.1 ±0.2 (3,765  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Candler County: 2.6 10,675 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

2.4% ±4.7% (21  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Candler County: 2.4% † 57 (±2.5% / ±58)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

1,944 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Candler County: 4,653 ±23
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$149,700 ±$43,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Candler County: $135,600 † ±$32,616
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

13.7% ±5.7% (541  ±226.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Candler County: 10.8% † 1,173 (±3.1% / ±340.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

76.5% ±9.1% (2,258  ±322.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Candler County: 79.1% 5,752 (±6.3% / ±478.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
9.9% ±3.9% (292  ±117.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Candler County: 13.6% † 992 (±2.6% / ±190.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

8.6% ±4.1% (342  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Candler County: 6.4% 702
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

8% ±3.3% (252  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Candler County: 7.8% † 641 (±2% / ±165)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
252 Total veterans ±106 235 Male ±104 17 Female ±24

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