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Sylvester, GA

5,489 Population
6.6 square miles 835.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±5.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,453 ±$4,626 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Albany, GA Metro Area: $29,934 ±$983
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,417 ±$15,634 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Albany, GA Metro Area: $56,906 ±$1,699
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.9% ±7.5% (1,487  ±399) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 20.9% 29,482 (±1.4% / ±1,926)
  • 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)

22.7 minutes ±2.2 (47,610  ±8,206) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 22.2 1,212,525 (±0.8 / ±53,092)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,139 ±195 Number of households
  • the Albany, GA Metro Area: 57,689 ±782
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (5,320  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 2.4 140,338 (±0 / ±123)
  • 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

5.3% ±5% (67  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 5.2% † 1,810 (±1% / ±337)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,440 ±211 Number of housing units
  • the Albany, GA Metro Area: 67,243 ±87
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,900 ±$36,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Albany, GA Metro Area: $157,300 ±$6,729
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±3.4% (399  ±182.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 13.7% 19,702 (±1.4% / ±1,943.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±9.9% (2,959  ±383.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 87% 84,537 (±2.2% / ±2,187.6)
  • 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)
14.3% ±5.1% (502  ±181) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 23.1% 22,435 (±1.3% / ±1,249.9)
  • 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

1% ±0.8% (52  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 2.6% 3,838
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2.6% (283  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Albany, GA Metro Area: 9.1% 10,074 (±0.7% / ±724)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
283 Total veterans ±107 269 Male ±103 14 Female ±23

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