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Washington CCD, Wilkes County, GA

5,923 Population
212.6 square miles 27.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 46 ±1.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,132 ±$7,572 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $32,364 † ±$4,723
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,728 ±$5,575 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $52,043 ±$3,195
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±5.8% (1,082  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 17.8% † 1,681 (±4.7% / ±444)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.2 minutes ±3.7 (71,120  ±12,584) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 32.6 114,000 (±3 / ±15,016)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,679 ±227 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 4,133 ±225
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,814  ±319) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.3 9,427 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.4% ±6.9% (93  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wilkes County: 7.1% † 125 (±4.1% / ±72)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,301 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 5,254 ±23
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$133,200 ±$21,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $122,700 † ±$15,140
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.9% ±2.3% (285  ±135.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 5% † 466 (±2.1% / ±200.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.8% ±7.5% (3,694  ±418.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 82.4% 5,874 (±6.5% / ±487.8)
  • 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)
17% ±4.9% (766  ±226.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% † 1,205 (±3.7% / ±262.7)
  • 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

2% ±1.7% (116  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 3.8% 359
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±2.2% (368  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 7.1% † 540 (±1.8% / ±139)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
368 Total veterans ±108 290 Male ±83 78 Female ±60

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