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Echols County, GA

3,705 Population
420.4 square miles 8.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 32.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,653 ±$3,258 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $29,075 ±$1,037
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$61,723 ±$13,195 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $54,581 ±$1,598
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

12.4% ±5.3% (458  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 21.2% 30,493 (±1.7% / ±2,505)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

26.9 minutes ±4.2 (48,605  ±9,124) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 20.6 1,287,540 (±0.6 / ±51,570)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

1,209 ±121 Number of households
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 55,573 ±720
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
3.1 ±0.3 (3,696  ±2) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 2.6 144,014 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

12.8% ±6.7% (119  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 6.8% † 2,633 (±1.2% / ±475)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

1,474 ±128 Number of housing units
  • the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 63,273 ±155
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$112,600 ±$20,752 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: $182,300 ±$6,065
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

6.5% ±2.8% (236  ±102) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 12.2% † 17,942 (±1.2% / ±1,792.7)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

81.5% ±8.6% (1,878  ±239.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 88.7% 81,279 (±2.4% / ±2,201.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
14.4% ±4% (332  ±95.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 24.5% 22,457 (±1.2% / ±1,122.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

9.3% (343  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 3.6% 5,383
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

6.9% ±2.7% (182  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Valdosta, GA Metro Area: 9.2% 10,097 (±0.7% / ±801)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
182 Total veterans ±73 172 Male ±67 10 Female ±17

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