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31501

13,511 Population
12 square miles 1,126.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 38.7 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,580 ±$1,895 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $26,971 ±$1,296
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,314 ±$7,582 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $51,821 ±$3,044
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.3% ±4.8% (3,785  ±697) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 18.7% † 10,027 (±2.2% / ±1,188)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±1.8 (78,925  ±12,960) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 23 490,160 (±1.2 / ±31,310)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,501 ±461 Number of households
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 20,562 ±529
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (13,303  ±980) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 2.6 53,544 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±3.9% (269  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 5% † 604 (±1.5% / ±184)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,992 ±468 Number of housing units
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 24,486 ±38
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,600 ±$39,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $126,600 † ±$14,590
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±3.1% (927  ±413.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 8.3% † 4,605 (±1.5% / ±827)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.2% ±5.5% (7,627  ±759.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 84.8% 32,101 (±3.4% / ±1,300.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±4% (1,583  ±384.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 16.5% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±658.8)
  • 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

2.5% ±1.6% (338  ±219) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 3% 1,660
  • 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

7% ±2.4% (717  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 6.3% † 2,670 (±1.1% / ±452)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
717 Total veterans ±254 629 Male ±208 88 Female ±84

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