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Waycross, GA

13,813 Population
11.9 square miles 1,163.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 39 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,147 ±$2,572 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $25,593 ±$1,211
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$37,398 ±$7,883 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $49,037 † ±$5,177
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

34.4% ±5.7% (4,639  ±770) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 19.3% † 10,295 (±2.2% / ±1,165)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

17.7 minutes ±1.9 (74,470  ±11,417) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 22.4 467,640 (±1.3 / ±34,491)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

5,253 ±385 Number of households
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 20,362 ±469
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.6 ±0.2 (13,430  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 2.6 53,368 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

13.2% ±6.4% (442  ±218) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 6.2% † 741 (±2% / ±244)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

6,961 ±341 Number of housing units
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 24,385 ±39
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$88,600 ±$8,148 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $118,800 ±$8,682
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

7.6% ±2.4% (1,014  ±320.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 7.8% † 4,303 (±1.3% / ±737.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

81.7% ±6.4% (7,048  ±659.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 83.4% 31,461 (±3.2% / ±1,215.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
16.3% ±3.6% (1,403  ±315.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 16.2% 6,101 (±1.6% / ±604.4)
  • 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

2.3% ±1.3% (316  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 2.4% 1,365
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

6% ±1.8% (580  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 6.8% † 2,837 (±1% / ±398)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
580 Total veterans ±173 503 Male ±159 77 Female ±63

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