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Long County, GA

18,374 Population
400.4 square miles 45.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,099 ±$1,677 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,808 ±$7,090 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±4% (3,142  ±715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±2.2 (209,650  ±22,012) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,162 ±269 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (18,122  ±7) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±2.5% (194  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,861 ±23 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$218,300 ±$29,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.1% ±4.9% (2,741  ±900.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±6.3% (9,888  ±759.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.3% ±2.8% (1,538  ±322.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • 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

5.1% (927  ±284) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.8% ±2.7% (1,882  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,882 Total veterans ±340 1,515 Male ±284 367 Female ±166

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