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Valdosta, GA

55,252 Population
36 square miles 1,535.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,721 ±$1,558 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $30,036 ±$1,213
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
$45,925 ±$2,600 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $57,085 ±$2,101
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407

26.1% ±3.2% (13,753  ±1,702) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 20.2% 29,328 (±1.6% / ±2,289)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)

16.1 minutes ±0.9 (363,390  ±27,312) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 20.6 1,269,200 (±0.7 / ±52,326)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)

Families

22,532 ±669 Number of households
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 56,786 ±783
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
2.3 ±0.1 (52,382  ±150) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 2.6 144,891 (±0 / ±103)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640

8% ±1.8% (1,302  ±302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 7.7% † 3,004 (±1.2% / ±475)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)

Housing

25,667 ±581 Number of housing units
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 64,334 ±152
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384

$182,800 ±$10,900 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $201,300 ±$7,894
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171

16% ±2.1% (8,731  ±1,139.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 12.5% 18,505 (±1.1% / ±1,609)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)

Social

88.7% ±3.9% (27,727  ±1,424.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 89.1% 82,315 (±2.4% / ±2,253.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
28.3% ±2.4% (8,858  ±782.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 25.5% 23,567 (±1.2% / ±1,148.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)

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

3.8% ±0.9% (2,099  ±487) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 4.1% 6,177
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778

7.3% ±1.1% (3,044  ±471) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 9.7% 10,705 (±0.7% / ±733)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
3,044 Total veterans ±471 2,621 Male ±426 423 Female ±181

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