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Waycross CCD, Ware County, GA

25,839 Population
241.6 square miles 106.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ware County: 37.9 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,912 ±$1,276 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ware County: $23,230 ±$1,276
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,628 ±$3,965 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ware County: $47,448 ±$4,063
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.1% ±3.2% (6,448  ±847) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ware County: 21.5% † 7,265 (±3.1% / ±1,034)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±1.9 (179,775  ±21,944) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ware County: 20.6 255,100 (±1.2 / ±20,576)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,986 ±419 Number of households
  • Ware County: 12,957 ±375
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (25,506  ±865) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ware County: 2.6 33,574 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±2.9% (422  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ware County: 5.7% † 444 (±2.2% / ±174)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,460 ±360 Number of housing units
  • Ware County: 15,943 ±28
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,400 ±$13,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ware County: $109,500 † ±$13,860
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±2.1% (1,699  ±538.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ware County: 8.5% † 3,005 (±1.9% / ±678.4)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.4% ±4.3% (14,304  ±919.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ware County: 82.9% 20,078 (±4.2% / ±1,020.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16% ±2.6% (2,753  ±459.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ware County: 14.4% † 3,490 (±2.1% / ±516.2)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about half 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

4.1% ±1.1% (1,051  ±279) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ware County: 3.7% 1,315
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.7% (1,256  ±328) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ware County: 6.2% † 1,683 (±1.5% / ±398)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,256 Total veterans ±328 1,078 Male ±263 178 Female ±128

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