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Fayette County, GA

125,107 Population
194.7 square miles 642.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 38 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,778 ±$5,233 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$117,771 ±$13,578 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.8% ±1.8% (7,247  ±2,232) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.5 minutes ±0.6 (1,436,580  ±51,098) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

46,458 ±594 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0 (124,231  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3% ±2.1% (824  ±573) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,390 ±23 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$463,900 ±$15,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.7% ±2.5% (12,067  ±3,072.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.7% ±5.5% (84,186  ±5,005.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
55.3% ±4.2% (48,663  ±3,788.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)
  • about 1.5 times 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

11.4% (14,271  ±2,317) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11% ±1.7% (10,765  ±1,685) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,765 Total veterans ±1,685 9,177 Male ±1,334 1,588 Female ±750

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