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Valdosta, GA

55,222 Population
36 square miles 1,534.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$26,206 ±$1,305 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $29,075 ±$1,037
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$45,849 ±$2,026 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $54,581 ±$1,598
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

26.8% ±2.5% (14,139  ±1,344) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 21.2% 30,493 (±1.7% / ±2,505)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

16.7 minutes ±1 (395,305  ±29,105) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 20.6 1,287,540 (±0.6 / ±51,570)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

21,979 ±603 Number of households
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 55,573 ±720
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.4 ±0.1 (52,564  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 2.6 144,014 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 † 10,571,720 (±,138.6 / ±-555,555,600)

7.1% ±1.9% (1,176  ±322) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 6.8% † 2,633 (±1.2% / ±475)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

25,040 ±554 Number of housing units
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 63,273 ±155
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$165,300 ±$11,290 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $182,300 ±$6,065
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

16% ±2.5% (8,693  ±1,345.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 12.2% † 17,942 (±1.2% / ±1,792.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

88.3% ±3.7% (27,890  ±1,332.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 88.7% 81,279 (±2.4% / ±2,201.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
28.1% ±2.2% (8,867  ±728) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 24.5% 22,457 (±1.2% / ±1,122.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.5% ±0.9% (1,944  ±514) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 3.6% † 5,383 (±13,445.3% / ±628)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% † 1,172,488 (±,556.1% / ±10,319)

6.9% ±1.1% (2,889  ±454) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 9.2% 10,097 (±0.7% / ±801)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
2,889 Total veterans ±454 2,503 Male ±421 386 Female ±149

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