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Thomaston, GA

9,798 Population
9.5 square miles 1,027.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,458 ±$4,707 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $29,772 ±$2,534
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$36,571 ±$11,799 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $50,904 † ±$6,611
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

34.2% ±8% (3,130  ±733) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 21.3% † 5,749 (±3.2% / ±868)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

20.8 minutes ±3.1 (67,395  ±12,751) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 25.9 285,030 (±2 / ±26,146)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

3,809 ±316 Number of households
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 10,377 ±345
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.5 ±0.2 (9,518  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 2.6 27,406 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

7% ±5.5% (169  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 4.8% † 304 (±2.7% / ±168)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

4,646 ±352 Number of housing units
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 12,373 ±19
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$146,100 ±$53,747 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $149,500 ±$10,555
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

9.1% ±4.2% (888  ±409) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 7.9% † 2,185 (±2.1% / ±581.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

84.3% ±9.6% (5,684  ±706.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 85.5% 16,427 (±5% / ±971.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
17.2% ±4.3% (1,160  ±297.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 14.8% † 2,849 (±2.2% / ±419.6)
  • 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

3.4% ±2.2% (332  ±213) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 1.8% 512
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

7.3% ±2.7% (533  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 8.1% † 1,735 (±1.3% / ±275)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
533 Total veterans ±197 438 Male ±152 95 Female ±98

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