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Thomaston, GA

9,831 Population
9.5 square miles 1,030.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±4.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 41.1 ±1.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,677 ±$5,336 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $31,521 ±$2,732
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,917 ±$11,720 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $55,429 † ±$8,777
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.1% ±6.3% (2,586  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 19.3% † 5,269 (±3.3% / ±893)
  • 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)

22.9 minutes ±5.2 (81,340  ±21,467) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 26.4 298,380 (±1.8 / ±26,297)
  • 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

3,956 ±350 Number of households
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 10,595 ±328
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (9,560  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 2.6 27,627 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±6.8% (182  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 5.2% † 330 (±3.2% / ±204)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,895 ±341 Number of housing units
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 12,434 ±25
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$211,000 ±$33,453 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $168,700 ±$8,353
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.5% ±3.4% (829  ±332) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 7.2% † 1,979 (±1.9% / ±521.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.6% ±8.9% (6,062  ±711.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 85.7% 16,571 (±5% / ±980)
  • 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)
17.9% ±4% (1,264  ±288.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 15.5% † 2,995 (±2.2% / ±434.8)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about half 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

2.2% ±1.8% (217  ±181) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 1.5% 414
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.4% (490  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 7.8% † 1,693 (±1.2% / ±268)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
490 Total veterans ±185 402 Male ±158 88 Female ±87

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