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Metter, GA

3,989 Population
7.5 square miles 531.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Candler County: 40.4 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,876 ±$3,856 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Candler County: $25,409 ±$2,039
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,759 ±$10,606 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Candler County: $49,581 † ±$5,151
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.2% ±7.3% (579  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Candler County: 16.3% † 1,748 (±5.6% / ±598)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±4.3 (31,335  ±7,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Candler County: 23.4 † 102,010 (±2.4 / ±13,552)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,735 ±202 Number of households
  • Candler County: 4,152 ±165
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (3,798  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Candler County: 2.6 10,747 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±6.3% (31  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Candler County: 3.6% † 80 (±3.2% / ±72)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,941 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Candler County: 4,664 ±16
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,300 ±$18,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Candler County: $159,200 ±$11,151
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.3% ±5.6% (562  ±222.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Candler County: 11.4% † 1,237 (±3.1% / ±334.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.4% ±10.3% (2,445  ±367) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Candler County: 82.8% 6,031 (±6.7% / ±504.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±6.6% (489  ±202.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Candler County: 16% † 1,166 (±3.6% / ±262.6)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about half 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

8.3% ±4.2% (330  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Candler County: 5.8% 640
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±3.8% (216  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Candler County: 6.4% † 533 (±1.8% / ±150)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
216 Total veterans ±120 216 Male ±120 N/A Female ±14

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