What is the population of Alma city?

Alma city has 3,441 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #221 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Alma city?

Median household income in Alma city is $42,097 a year, 46.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alma city?

Median gross rent is $733 a month and the median home value is $92,300, so rent absorbs about 20.9% of median household income.

Is Alma city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alma city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Alma, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Alma, Georgia (Alma, GA — Census place “Alma city”) is 3,441 residents, ranking #221 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $42,097, the median home is worth $92,300 and median gross rent runs $733 a month. Looking for the Alma Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Alma, GA: 31510.

Population: 3,441Alma city residents
Median household income: $42,097Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $92,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $733Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.3%Owner-occupied households

Alma ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Alma.

The Alma GA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

31510

What the numbers mean in Alma city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Alma city median would spend about 20.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.4% of residents and 58.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Alma city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Alma city is a small town in Georgia, with 3,441 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #221 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Alma city earn a median of $42,097 a year, 46.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 18.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Alma city is valued at $92,300, 69.6% below the national figure and 52% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $733 a month, 47.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Alma city?: Alma city has 3,441 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #221 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Alma city?: Median household income in Alma city is $42,097 a year, 46.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alma city?: Median gross rent is $733 a month and the median home value is $92,300, so rent absorbs about 20.9% of median household income.
Is Alma city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alma city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Alma city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.