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Gay CCD, Meriwether County, GA

3,309 Population
104.5 square miles 31.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meriwether County: 43.5 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,030 ±$3,298 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Meriwether County: $29,411 ±$1,912
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,613 ±$14,611 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Meriwether County: $57,340 ±$4,445
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±6.5% (430  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Meriwether County: 18.9% † 3,933 (±3.8% / ±790)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

44 minutes ±7.6 (50,415  ±15,438) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Meriwether County: 34.3 264,650 (±1.7 / ±21,917)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,142 ±216 Number of households
  • Meriwether County: 8,391 ±256
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.8 (3,309  ±599) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Meriwether County: 2.5 20,762 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • 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

3.3% ±4.6% (23  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Meriwether County: 17.2% † 742 (±4.6% / ±198)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,274 ±219 Number of housing units
  • Meriwether County: 9,820 ±25
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$193,900 ±$23,132 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Meriwether County: $168,800 † ±$17,125
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±2.3% (121  ±78.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Meriwether County: 10% † 2,059 (±2.2% / ±451.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±21.7% (1,880  ±330.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Meriwether County: 83% 12,481 (±4.5% / ±669.2)
  • about the same as 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)
12% ±4% (258  ±97.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Meriwether County: 14.5% † 2,181 (±1.9% / ±284.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.7% (14  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Meriwether County: 1% 217
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±1.2% (34  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Meriwether County: 6.8% † 1,119 (±1.4% / ±225)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
34 Total veterans ±29 34 Male ±29 N/A Female ±14

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