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Port Wentworth, GA

12,892 Population
16.1 square miles 802.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 36.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,893 ±$4,538 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: $40,645 ±$980
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,731 ±$13,148 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: $77,180 ±$1,575
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±5.5% (1,420  ±693) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 12.2% 49,199 (±0.7% / ±2,817)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±3.1 (188,380  ±32,851) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 25.7 4,615,530 (±0.4 / ±107,770)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,049 ±530 Number of households
  • the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 161,273 ±1,313
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (12,835  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 2.5 405,866 (±0 / ±195)
  • 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

1.6% ±1.4% (59  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 5.1% † 5,428 (±0.6% / ±665)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,478 ±554 Number of housing units
  • the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 181,432 ±239
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$228,100 ±$27,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: $302,000 ±$6,520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.5% ±6.2% (2,122  ±795.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 16.6% 68,459 (±0.9% / ±3,705)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±9.6% (7,065  ±964.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 91.2% 258,207 (±1.6% / ±4,390.1)
  • 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)
25% ±7.1% (2,074  ±609.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 35.8% 101,408 (±1% / ±2,836.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

5.9% ±3.1% (762  ±397) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 7.7% 32,287
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±3.5% (926  ±356) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Savannah, GA Metro Area: 9.9% 31,412 (±0.5% / ±1,722)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
926 Total veterans ±356 764 Male ±388 162 Female ±168

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