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Swainsboro, GA

7,571 Population
12.6 square miles 601.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Emanuel County: 38.3 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,879 ±$6,032 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Emanuel County: $24,843 ±$2,285
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,750 ±$12,350 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Emanuel County: $52,772 ±$4,751
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±7.5% (2,017  ±524) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Emanuel County: 25.7% † 5,631 (±3.6% / ±782)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±4.9 (62,645  ±14,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Emanuel County: 28.5 239,300 (±2.6 / ±26,352)
  • about 90 percent of 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

2,550 ±247 Number of households
  • Emanuel County: 8,312 ±332
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (6,970  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Emanuel County: 2.6 21,916 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • a little 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

18.9% ±8.9% (344  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Emanuel County: 9.6% † 474 (±3.8% / ±188)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,099 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Emanuel County: 10,036 ±24
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$109,300 ±$18,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Emanuel County: $94,700 ±$6,432
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.7% ±6.1% (1,693  ±458.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Emanuel County: 14% † 3,175 (±2.5% / ±578.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85% ±9.8% (3,912  ±505.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Emanuel County: 79.7% 12,248 (±5% / ±763)
  • 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)
13.3% ±3.7% (612  ±172.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Emanuel County: 13.5% † 2,069 (±2.1% / ±322.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

3.5% ±1.3% (268  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Emanuel County: 2.6% 604
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±1.9% (254  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Emanuel County: 6% † 1,038 (±1% / ±171)
  • about two-thirds 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)
254 Total veterans ±101 241 Male ±97 13 Female ±15

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