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Bacon County, GA

Demographic and economic profile of Bacon County, GA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Bacon County is a small rural Georgia county of 11,129 residents with an economy built around lower-wage work, where median worker earnings reach $34,086 and just 11.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, though the high school attainment rate stands at 84.6%. The labor force participation rate is low at 52.2%, and a poverty rate of 20.9% coexists with an unemployment rate of 3.2%, suggesting a workforce constrained more by participation than job availability. Housing costs are notably modest — median home values of $104,100 and median gross rent of $789/month — and the county's population has contracted slightly by 0.9% over five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

11,129

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$44,694

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

40.6 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-0.9% since 2018

Bacon County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone8,139 (73.3%)
  • Black or African American Alone1,487 (13.4%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races516 (4.6%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race423 (3.8%)
  • Some Other Race Alone407 (3.7%)
  • Asian Alone96 (0.9%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish672
  2. 2.Other Indo-European57
  3. 3.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)28
  4. 4.German or other West Germanic10
  5. 5.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)8

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

25.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

57.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

16.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

3.5%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

748

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$35,769

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$25,969

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

3.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

20.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance972
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)562
  3. 3.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities511
  4. 4.Retail Trade (Group)455
  5. 5.Construction (Group)393

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations1,201
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations979
  3. 3.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations971
  4. 4.Sales & Office Occupations670
  5. 5.Service Occupations459

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 5.38×)376
  2. 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.98×)507
  3. 3.Information (LQ 1.39×)114
  4. 4.Construction (LQ 1.26×)382
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.16×)554

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$104,100

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$789/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

68.6%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,999478 (16.6%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999287 (9.9%)
  • $60,000 to $69,999263 (9.1%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999207 (7.2%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999197 (6.8%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999184 (6.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

11.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

84.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

52.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$34,086

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

26.4 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

6.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone3,625 (85.6%)
  • Worked At Home287 (6.8%)
  • Carpooled190 (4.5%)
  • Other84 (2.0%)
  • Walked51 (1.2%)
  • Public Transit0 (0.0%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.