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Waycross, GA Micro Area

55,954 Population
1,239.7 square miles 45.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,593 ±$1,211 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,037 ±$5,177 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.3% ±2.2% (10,295  ±1,165) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22.4 minutes ±1.3 (467,640  ±34,491) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

20,362 ±469 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (53,368  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.2% ±2% (741  ±244) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

24,385 ±39 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$118,800 ±$8,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.8% ±1.3% (4,303  ±737.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

83.4% ±3.2% (31,461  ±1,215.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.2% ±1.6% (6,101  ±604.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.4% (1,365  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.8% ±1% (2,837  ±398) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,837 Total veterans ±398 2,604 Male ±379 233 Female ±113

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