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31503

23,173 Population
337.9 square miles 68.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 39 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$24,146 ±$2,214 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $25,593 ±$1,211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$55,042 ±$5,845 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $49,037 † ±$5,177
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

17.7% ±3.7% (3,745  ±822) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 19.3% † 10,295 (±2.2% / ±1,165)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

20.9 minutes ±1.8 (172,440  ±21,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 22.4 467,640 (±1.3 / ±34,491)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

7,633 ±536 Number of households
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 20,362 ±469
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.8 ±0 (21,071  ±1,492) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 2.6 53,368 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

6% ±3.7% (290  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 6.2% † 741 (±2% / ±244)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

9,009 ±460 Number of housing units
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 24,385 ±39
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$108,100 ±$21,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $118,800 ±$8,682
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

8.6% ±1.9% (1,954  ±458.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 7.8% † 4,303 (±1.3% / ±737.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

78.8% ±2% (12,307  ±815.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 83.4% 31,461 (±3.2% / ±1,215.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
12.3% ±2.1% (1,929  ±355.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 16.2% 6,101 (±1.6% / ±604.4)
  • about one-third 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

3.6% ±1% (828  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 2.4% 1,365
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5% ±1.2% (887  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 6.8% † 2,837 (±1% / ±398)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
887 Total veterans ±217 786 Male ±187 101 Female ±82

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