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Waycross CCD, Ware County, GA

25,695 Population
241.6 square miles 106.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ware County: 38 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$23,350 ±$1,679 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ware County: $23,550 ±$1,581
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$43,178 ±$2,894 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ware County: $44,833 ±$3,756
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

25.7% ±3.4% (6,554  ±894) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ware County: 22.8% † 7,690 (±3% / ±1,005)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

20.2 minutes ±2 (183,680  ±23,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ware County: 20.3 252,665 (±1.5 / ±24,622)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

9,813 ±413 Number of households
  • Ware County: 12,866 ±394
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.6 ±0.1 (25,408  ±848) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ware County: 2.6 33,590 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

9.2% ±3.7% (552  ±224) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ware County: 7.6% † 579 (±3% / ±230)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

12,308 ±348 Number of housing units
  • Ware County: 15,926 ±32
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$95,400 ±$8,226 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ware County: $106,500 † ±$12,532
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

7.1% ±1.7% (1,784  ±432.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ware County: 8.5% † 3,008 (±1.6% / ±572.8)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

83.5% ±4.2% (14,177  ±883.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ware County: 81.5% 19,781 (±4.2% / ±1,024.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
16.8% ±2.5% (2,845  ±435.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ware County: 15% † 3,643 (±2% / ±494.2)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% ±1% (734  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Ware County: 2.8% 990
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

6.2% ±1.3% (1,151  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ware County: 6.2% † 1,659 (±1.1% / ±294)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
1,151 Total veterans ±245 990 Male ±228 161 Female ±99

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