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Tifton, GA

17,140 Population
13 square miles 1,319.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 37.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,944 ±$2,505 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: $28,297 ±$1,276
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$44,324 ±$5,616 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: $50,810 ±$3,531
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

22.3% ±5.6% (3,497  ±875) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 21% † 10,135 (±2.6% / ±1,271)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

21.3 minutes ±3.2 (138,430  ±25,087) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 22.6 439,705 (±1.4 / ±31,638)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

6,610 ±369 Number of households
  • the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 18,839 ±400
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.4 ±0.1 (15,671  ±240) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 2.6 48,054 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

4.2% ±2.7% (181  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 5% † 591 (±2.1% / ±248)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

7,690 ±370 Number of housing units
  • the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 21,485 ±61
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$161,700 ±$29,361 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: $132,900 ±$10,892
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

14.6% ±3.4% (2,435  ±566.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 8.9% † 4,381 (±1.6% / ±764.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

86.9% ±6.5% (9,264  ±807.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 84.8% 28,180 (±3.5% / ±1,185.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
21.6% ±3.5% (2,297  ±388.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 18.5% 6,158 (±1.8% / ±595.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

6% ±2% (1,029  ±349) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 5.2% 2,621
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5.1% ±1.7% (654  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 5.9% † 2,217 (±0.9% / ±343)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
654 Total veterans ±221 620 Male ±207 34 Female ±38

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