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Wadley, GA

1,991 Population
4.6 square miles 437 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 40.7 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$19,707 ±$4,913 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $25,591 ±$1,904
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$32,458 ±$7,941 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $46,561 ±$4,427
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

26.2% ±9.8% (499  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jefferson County: 18.8% † 2,810 (±3.2% / ±483)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

28.2 minutes ±9.7 (15,880  ±7,500) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 28.7 † 177,245 (±3.5 / ±25,150)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

644 ±147 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 5,838 ±239
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.9 ±0.3 (1,895  ±461) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 14,946 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

10% ±10.9% (53  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 8.7% † 290 (±3.4% / ±114)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

835 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 7,165 ±34
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$60,400 ±$11,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $93,100 † ±$9,882
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

8% ±5.5% (157  ±114) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 10.7% † 1,634 (±3.2% / ±489.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

73.2% ±5.7% (870  ±191) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 81.4% 8,574 (±5.6% / ±603.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
3.5% ±3.3% (42  ±39.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson County: 11.2% † 1,178 (±2.1% / ±218)
  • about 10 percent 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

6.7% ±5.7% (134  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson County: 3.1% 483
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

4.3% ±2.9% (66  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.4% † 881 (±1.7% / ±200)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
66 Total veterans ±47 58 Male ±46 8 Female ±12

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