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Census Tract 9601, Ben Hill, GA

2,740 Population
114.7 square miles 23.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fitzgerald: 37.5 ±3.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ben Hill County: 38.7 ±1.1

Economics

$25,015 ±$4,720 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fitzgerald: $21,804 † ±$2,424
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ben Hill County: $23,130 ±$1,470
$54,375 ±$20,093 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Fitzgerald: $37,323 † ±$5,685
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ben Hill County: $41,758 ±$3,419

25.8% ±8.6% (703  ±258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fitzgerald: 27.9% † 2,407 (±7.5% / ±646)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ben Hill County: 25.2% † 4,207 (±4.7% / ±790)

17.7 minutes ±3.8 (16,500  ±5,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Fitzgerald: 14.3 † 54,540 (±1.6 / ±8,236)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ben Hill County: 16.8 112,155 (±1.3 / ±11,994)

Families

952 ±162 Number of households
  • Fitzgerald: 3,858 ±261
  • Ben Hill County: 7,082 ±267
2.9 ±0.7 (2,740  ±414) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Fitzgerald: 2.2 8,627 (±0.2 / ±38)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ben Hill County: 2.4 16,798 (±0.1 / ±6)

1.7% ±2.7% (10  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Fitzgerald: 8.4% † 159 (±9.3% / ±178)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ben Hill County: 5.3% † 205 (±4.9% / ±188)

Housing

1,101 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Fitzgerald: 4,284 ±227
  • Ben Hill County: 8,141 ±19

$137,800 ±$21,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Fitzgerald: $99,000 ±$7,188
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ben Hill County: $112,700 ±$11,010

7.6% ±4.7% (207  ±133.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fitzgerald: 8.8% † 773 (±4% / ±348.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Ben Hill County: 7.7% † 1,304 (±2.3% / ±385.8)

Social

83.4% ±4.5% (1,406  ±257.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fitzgerald: 83.2% 5,267 (±7.5% / ±562.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Ben Hill County: 83.9% 9,776 (±5.7% / ±688.8)
15.1% ±6.8% (255  ±122.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fitzgerald: 14.3% † 904 (±3.7% / ±241.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ben Hill County: 13% † 1,509 (±2.5% / ±296.8)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.3% ±3.5% (87  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Fitzgerald: 8.7% † 589 (±2.9% / ±201)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ben Hill County: 6.6% † 855 (±1.8% / ±232)
87 Total veterans ±72 84 Male ±66 3 Female ±18

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