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Wadley, GA

1,706 Population
4.6 square miles 374.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±10.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 40.9 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,417 ±$5,887 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $27,127 ±$2,249
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,500 ±$11,661 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $53,014 † ±$7,090
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±12.1% (434  ±218) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 16.9% † 2,515 (±4.2% / ±616)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.9 minutes ±8.4 (17,580  ±7,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 28.2 170,260 (±2.8 / ±21,580)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

588 ±131 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 5,751 ±238
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.9 (1,618  ±350) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 14,834 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±9.5% (36  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 4.3% † 150 (±2.6% / ±91)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

746 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 7,172 ±37
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$64,600 ±$5,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson County: $105,400 † ±$11,240
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.5% ±4.3% (75  ±74.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 10.2% † 1,542 (±2.6% / ±389.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.3% ±4.6% (841  ±166.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 83.7% 8,748 (±5.7% / ±605.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.6% ±5.1% (79  ±55.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 13.5% † 1,411 (±2.5% / ±258.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

6.3% ±6.4% (108  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson County: 3.5% 534
  • 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

5.2% ±3.4% (68  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.4% † 879 (±1.8% / ±210)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
68 Total veterans ±47 62 Male ±47 6 Female ±9

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