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Valdosta, GA Urban Area

79,120 Population
41.3 square miles 1,916 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,029 ±$3,701 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,902 ±$10,093 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

23.9% ±5.4% (18,142  ±4,256) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.7 minutes ±0.8 (568,775  ±34,957) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,746 ±1,903 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (75,735  ±4,518) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

13.4% ±5.9% (2,991  ±1,341) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

36,840 ±1,699 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$222,700 ±$19,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14% ±3.6% (10,883  ±2,830.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.9% ±5.6% (43,668  ±3,935.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.7% ±4.6% (15,378  ±2,375.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.3% ±2.1% (4,950  ±1,673) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.6% ±2.8% (6,337  ±1,702) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,337 Total veterans ±1,702 5,488 Male ±1,373 849 Female ±582

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