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Sandersville, GA

5,601 Population
12.6 square miles 445.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington County: 40.3 ±0.5
  • 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

$25,432 ±$4,885 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Washington County: $25,101 ±$1,840
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,833 ±$17,305 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $46,023 † ±$6,789
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.5% ±7% (998  ±376) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 17.2% † 3,106 (±3.4% / ±620)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.1 minutes ±2.5 (25,605  ±6,446) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Washington County: 23.3 162,535 (±2 / ±17,295)
  • about half the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,880 ±200 Number of households
  • Washington County: 7,330 ±260
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (5,390  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 2.5 18,048 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±4.8% (63  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington County: 6.4% † 248 (±2.7% / ±103)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,267 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 8,769 ±30
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,000 ±$19,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Washington County: $112,500 ±$8,146
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±6.7% (834  ±370.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 12.8% † 2,514 (±2.8% / ±554.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.2% ±8.5% (2,560  ±353.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Washington County: 84.2% 11,791 (±4.5% / ±653)
  • 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)
19.2% ±5.1% (612  ±172.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 16.9% † 2,369 (±2.7% / ±375.5)
  • 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

1.8% ±2% (102  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 1.2% 229
  • less than a 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

4.6% ±2.5% (174  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington County: 6.3% † 978 (±1.4% / ±221)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
174 Total veterans ±97 174 Male ±97 N/A Female ±20

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