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Salem, GA

385 Population
8.8 square miles 43.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.5 ±16 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 41.1 ±1.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,062 ±$7,669 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $31,521 ±$2,732
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

18.4% ±12.1% (71  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 19.3% † 5,269 (±3.3% / ±893)
  • 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)

23.2 minutes ±4.7 (4,055  ±2,983) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 26.4 298,380 (±1.8 / ±26,297)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

185 ±76 Number of households
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 10,595 ±328
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (385  ±160) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 2.6 27,627 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

185 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 12,434 ±25
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$91,000 ±$43,334 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: $168,700 ±$8,353
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

60.2% ±20.3% (186  ±88.6) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 85.7% 16,571 (±5% / ±980)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.1% ±16.3% (56  ±53.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 15.5% † 2,995 (±2.2% / ±434.8)
  • 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

2.3% ±5.1% (9  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 1.5% 414
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±7.4% (20  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Thomaston, GA Micro Area: 7.8% † 1,693 (±1.2% / ±268)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
20 Total veterans ±27 20 Male ±27 N/A Female ±14

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