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Waycross, GA

13,756 Population
11.9 square miles 1,158.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 38.7 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,940 ±$1,850 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $26,971 ±$1,296
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,301 ±$6,302 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $51,821 ±$3,044
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.7% ±4.9% (4,409  ±660) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 18.7% † 10,027 (±2.2% / ±1,188)
  • more than 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)

18.7 minutes ±2.4 (72,805  ±12,725) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 23 490,160 (±1.2 / ±31,310)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,394 ±406 Number of households
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 20,562 ±529
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (13,421  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 2.6 53,544 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.3% ±5.3% (356  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 5% † 604 (±1.5% / ±184)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,158 ±347 Number of housing units
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 24,486 ±38
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,100 ±$14,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $126,600 † ±$14,590
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±3.3% (984  ±446) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 8.3% † 4,605 (±1.5% / ±827)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.9% ±7% (7,097  ±713.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 84.8% 32,101 (±3.4% / ±1,300.9)
  • 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)
16% ±4.1% (1,406  ±364.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 16.5% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±658.8)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about half 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

3.9% ±1.8% (536  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 3% 1,660
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.1% (639  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 6.3% † 2,670 (±1.1% / ±452)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
639 Total veterans ±211 544 Male ±172 95 Female ±85

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