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Waycross, GA Urban Area

24,654 Population
24.9 square miles 988.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,797 ±$1,522 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,484 ±$5,108 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.1% ±3.5% (6,209  ±853) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±1.6 (149,125  ±19,165) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,027 ±499 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (22,844  ±1,126) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±3% (363  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,264 ±446 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,800 ±$15,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±2.4% (2,334  ±595.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.4% ±4.4% (13,310  ±953.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.4% ±2.6% (2,481  ±440.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths 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

3.6% ±1.1% (895  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.6% (1,257  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,257 Total veterans ±288 1,126 Male ±253 131 Female ±97

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