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Waycross, GA Urban Area

25,008 Population
24.9 square miles 1,002.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$21,190 ±$1,713 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$39,959 ±$4,943 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

28.7% ±3.8% (6,663  ±925) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.3 minutes ±1.6 (153,225  ±19,897) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,919 ±485 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.2 (23,190  ±1,077) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.9% ±3.8% (449  ±219) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,274 ±381 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$96,700 ±$7,368 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.3% ±2% (2,272  ±490.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

81.4% ±4.1% (13,367  ±892.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.5% ±2.4% (2,541  ±403.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of 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

3% ±1% (741  ±260) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.5% ±1.5% (1,190  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,190 Total veterans ±280 1,078 Male ±264 112 Female ±77

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