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Tifton, GA

17,210 Population
13 square miles 1,323.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 37.4 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,191 ±$2,550 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: $28,744 ±$1,611
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,298 ±$5,152 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: $49,785 ±$4,352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.5% ±5.7% (3,744  ±933) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 20.7% † 9,944 (±2.6% / ±1,231)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±2 (123,800  ±17,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 22 429,370 (±1.2 / ±31,436)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,753 ±539 Number of households
  • the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 18,935 ±369
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (15,982  ±842) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 2.5 48,041 (±0.1 / ±54)
  • 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

4.8% ±3% (202  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 5.4% † 647 (±2% / ±239)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,810 ±566 Number of housing units
  • the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 21,678 ±41
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$196,200 ±$27,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: $151,300 ±$11,453
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±3.1% (2,081  ±518.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 7.3% † 3,643 (±1.3% / ±627.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±4.4% (9,711  ±840.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 84.8% 28,091 (±3.7% / ±1,264.9)
  • 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)
22.1% ±3.4% (2,429  ±411.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 19% 6,294 (±1.8% / ±593.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

6.7% ±1.8% (1,157  ±310) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 5.2% 2,605
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±1.3% (540  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tifton, GA Micro Area: 5% † 1,882 (±0.7% / ±258)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
540 Total veterans ±167 474 Male ±151 66 Female ±56

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