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Walker County, GA

69,340 Population
446.3 square miles 155.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±0.5 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

$30,937 ±$2,063 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,977 ±$7,506 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.7% ±3% (7,919  ±2,047) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.4 minutes ±2.1 (800,925  ±69,529) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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

26,184 ±1,235 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (67,567  ±65) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.5% ±5.2% (1,346  ±825) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

30,232 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$238,400 ±$12,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.3% ±2.9% (5,674  ±1,964.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.2% ±7.1% (43,048  ±3,611.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22% ±3.5% (11,096  ±1,750.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

3% (2,069  ±688) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±1.3% (2,622  ±721) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,622 Total veterans ±721 2,605 Male ±718 17 Female ±26

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