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Thomasville, GA

18,666 Population
15 square miles 1,243.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 39.6 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,327 ±$3,736 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: $32,212 ±$1,610
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,673 ±$8,696 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: $60,262 ±$4,032
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±4.1% (3,149  ±760) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 18.8% † 13,377 (±1.9% / ±1,370)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.3 minutes ±1.4 (128,175  ±15,149) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 22.3 664,095 (±0.8 / ±31,377)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,929 ±359 Number of households
  • the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 28,792 ±530
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (18,273  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 2.5 71,139 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±1.6% (110  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 4% † 659 (±1.3% / ±209)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,965 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 32,775 ±50
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$205,200 ±$22,147 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: $180,600 ±$13,698
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±3.9% (2,357  ±732) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 10.1% † 7,224 (±1.6% / ±1,121.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±6.5% (11,322  ±888) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 86% 42,107 (±3.1% / ±1,526.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.9% ±3.3% (3,111  ±418.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 20.4% 10,003 (±1.5% / ±725.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.7% ±1.2% (498  ±217) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 3.8% 2,708
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.7% (943  ±244) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Thomasville, GA Micro Area: 7.4% † 4,041 (±0.9% / ±470)
  • 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)
943 Total veterans ±244 907 Male ±239 36 Female ±32

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