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31516

15,623 Population
159.5 square miles 97.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 38.7 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,707 ±$3,481 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $26,971 ±$1,296
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
$63,203 ±$12,107 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $51,821 ±$3,044
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407

11.9% ±3.6% (1,839  ±555) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 18.7% † 10,027 (±2.2% / ±1,188)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)

25.5 minutes ±2.9 (182,085  ±25,076) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 23 490,160 (±1.2 / ±31,310)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)

Families

5,999 ±349 Number of households
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 20,562 ±529
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
2.6 ±0.2 (15,392  ±614) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 2.6 53,544 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640

3.7% ±2.5% (123  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 5% † 604 (±1.5% / ±184)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)

Housing

6,671 ±252 Number of housing units
  • the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 24,486 ±38
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384

$154,900 ±$10,360 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: $126,600 † ±$14,590
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171

7.4% ±2.7% (1,143  ±419.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 8.3% † 4,605 (±1.5% / ±827)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)

Social

88.8% ±6.3% (9,472  ±770.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 84.8% 32,101 (±3.4% / ±1,300.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
22.5% ±3.5% (2,399  ±389.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 16.5% † 6,248 (±1.7% / ±658.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)

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

1.5% ±0.9% (236  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 3% 1,660
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778

6.8% ±1.5% (811  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waycross, GA Micro Area: 6.3% † 2,670 (±1.1% / ±452)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
811 Total veterans ±180 776 Male ±164 35 Female ±41

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