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Houston County, GA

174,897 Population
376.2 square miles 465 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 38 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,796 ±$1,828 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,686 ±$5,462 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.6% ±2.7% (21,803  ±4,600) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.8 minutes ±0.8 (1,596,320  ±69,437) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

68,125 ±1,629 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (173,094  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±1.4% (1,242  ±600) 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

73,210 ±32 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$250,200 ±$13,494 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13% ±3.2% (22,476  ±5,484.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±5.1% (106,896  ±5,983) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.1% ±3% (34,916  ±3,529.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)
  • about 80 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% (11,008  ±1,883) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

16% ±1.8% (20,314  ±2,227) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
20,314 Total veterans ±2,227 16,949 Male ±1,647 3,365 Female ±1,239

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