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Swainsboro, GA

7,561 Population
12.6 square miles 601.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Emanuel County: 38.6 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,370 ±$5,858 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Emanuel County: $24,356 ±$2,162
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$45,621 ±$5,842 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Emanuel County: $50,053 ±$4,431
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

28.6% ±7.3% (1,999  ±510) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Emanuel County: 24.7% † 5,410 (±3.6% / ±791)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

29.3 minutes ±5 (71,060  ±15,494) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Emanuel County: 28.6 238,955 (±2 / ±22,705)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

2,709 ±264 Number of households
  • Emanuel County: 8,267 ±306
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.6 ±0.3 (7,042  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Emanuel County: 2.7 21,928 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

19.5% ±9.8% (335  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Emanuel County: 11.8% † 591 (±3.8% / ±188)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

3,373 ±277 Number of housing units
  • Emanuel County: 9,990 ±24
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$104,800 ±$30,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Emanuel County: $88,200 † ±$11,659
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

23.8% ±7% (1,776  ±524.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Emanuel County: 14.3% † 3,235 (±2.4% / ±548)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

81.9% ±8.9% (3,794  ±480.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Emanuel County: 79.4% 12,153 (±4.8% / ±730)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
13.4% ±3.7% (623  ±177.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Emanuel County: 12.8% † 1,966 (±2% / ±312.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

3.4% ±1.6% (259  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Emanuel County: 3% 692
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5.2% ±2.4% (274  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Emanuel County: 6.8% † 1,164 (±1.4% / ±245)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
274 Total veterans ±128 262 Male ±125 12 Female ±14

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