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Banks County, GA

19,264 Population
232.7 square miles 82.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,366 ±$1,994 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,063 ±$8,642 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±3% (2,161  ±576) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.7 minutes ±2.4 (272,065  ±25,532) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,856 ±161 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (19,264  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2% (227  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,479 ±20 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$278,100 ±$17,284 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±2.5% (1,819  ±480) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83% ±5.4% (11,322  ±739.3) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
18.6% ±2.4% (2,533  ±330.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

5.8% (1,107  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.3% (869  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
869 Total veterans ±202 819 Male ±202 50 Female ±32

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