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Sylvester, GA

5,557 Population
6.6 square miles 846.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,911 ±$5,318 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Albany, GA Metro Area: $29,495 ±$1,031
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$59,808 ±$17,075 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Albany, GA Metro Area: $54,219 ±$2,113
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

24.9% ±6.3% (1,343  ±342) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 21.5% 30,445 (±1.3% / ±1,864)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

21.2 minutes ±2.9 (44,470  ±8,958) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 22.6 1,249,610 (±0.8 / ±56,281)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

2,210 ±205 Number of households
  • the Albany, GA Metro Area: 57,471 ±669
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.4 ±0.2 (5,391  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 2.5 140,852 (±0 / ±218)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

6.3% ±4.8% (74  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 5.9% † 2,035 (±1.1% / ±386)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

2,518 ±218 Number of housing units
  • the Albany, GA Metro Area: 67,030 ±109
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$125,000 ±$35,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Albany, GA Metro Area: $148,800 ±$5,528
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

6.6% ±3% (360  ±162.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 15.2% † 22,077 (±1.5% / ±2,200.6)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

85.6% ±9.9% (3,137  ±415.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 86.4% 84,084 (±2.3% / ±2,239.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
16.5% ±5.4% (604  ±202.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 23% 22,382 (±1.3% / ±1,283.1)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.8% ±0.5% (42  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 2.5% 3,634
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

7.6% ±3.1% (317  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 8.7% 9,656 (±0.7% / ±801)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
317 Total veterans ±131 297 Male ±128 20 Female ±32

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