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Thomson, GA

6,824 Population
4.7 square miles 1,454.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$20,048 ±$2,345 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $35,233 ±$596
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$43,376 ±$6,756 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $66,628 ±$1,362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

25.6% ±9.7% (1,659  ±631) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 14.9% 89,763 (±0.7% / ±4,140)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

17.8 minutes ±1.4 (43,295  ±7,796) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 23.9 6,039,380 (±0.4 / ±127,074)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

2,476 ±219 Number of households
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 225,591 ±1,984
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.7 ±0.2 (6,595  ±91) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 2.7 601,660 (±0 / ±276)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

5.5% ±5.1% (97  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 5.3% † 7,566 (±0.6% / ±922)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

2,641 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 268,250 ±152
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$135,500 ±$44,740 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: $207,300 ±$3,374
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

4.5% ±2.6% (301  ±174.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 12.3% 75,306 (±0.6% / ±3,751.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

79.9% ±7.9% (3,320  ±436.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 89.2% 375,381 (±1.2% / ±5,228.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
11.4% ±3.7% (472  ±159) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 28.8% 121,046 (±0.7% / ±2,893.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

1.7% ±1.9% (113  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 4.4% 27,347
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

6.2% ±2.2% (304  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area: 11.3% 52,547 (±0.4% / ±1,831)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
304 Total veterans ±111 270 Male ±113 34 Female ±48

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