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Whitfield County, GA

105,070 Population
290.4 square miles 361.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.8 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

$31,895 ±$2,778 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
$67,588 ±$5,206 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.6% ±4.4% (17,330  ±4,549) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.8 minutes ±0.5 (995,990  ±36,183) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

37,317 ±1,095 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (103,870  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent 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

4.4% ±2.3% (1,052  ±550) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

40,599 ±31 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$249,300 ±$21,709 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

12.2% ±3.5% (12,794  ±3,615.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

75.2% ±5.6% (51,978  ±3,899.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
18.6% ±3.2% (12,875  ±2,224.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)
  • about half 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

19.6% (20,582  ±1,989) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±1.1% (2,883  ±868) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,883 Total veterans ±868 2,827 Male ±871 56 Female ±56

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