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Washington, GA

3,700 Population
7.7 square miles 480.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±9.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 46.3 ±0.9
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,582 ±$8,858 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $30,123 † ±$3,465
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$47,946 ±$9,620 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $52,542 ±$4,703
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

17.5% ±6.3% (632  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 17% † 1,603 (±4.1% / ±385)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

27.7 minutes ±3.6 (39,005  ±7,950) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 29.9 † 107,230 (±3.1 / ±15,649)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

1,572 ±171 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 4,108 ±186
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.3 ±0.3 (3,589  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 2.3 9,426 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

17.6% ±13.1% (91  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 9.8% † 173 (±4.9% / ±87)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

1,799 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 5,210 ±30
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$96,600 ±$13,899 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $105,000 † ±$12,266
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

8.1% ±3.4% (294  ±123.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 6.6% † 626 (±2.3% / ±212.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

86.4% ±9% (2,422  ±305.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 82% 5,792 (±5.6% / ±408)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
18.7% ±4.8% (524  ±138.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 15.8% † 1,112 (±2.9% / ±203.6)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

1.8% ±1.9% (65  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 2.6% 251
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5.1% ±3.8% (152  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilkes County: 7.1% † 537 (±1.9% / ±144)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
152 Total veterans ±112 103 Male ±73 49 Female ±52

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