What is the population of Baxley city?

Baxley city has 4,971 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #170 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Baxley city?

Median household income in Baxley city is $30,421 a year, 61.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $699 a month and the median home value is $75,300, so rent absorbs about 27.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baxley city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Baxley, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Baxley, Georgia (Baxley, GA — Census place “Baxley city”) is 4,971 residents, ranking #170 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $30,421, the median home is worth $75,300 and median gross rent runs $699 a month. Looking for the Baxley Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Baxley, GA: 31513.

Population: 4,971Baxley city residents
Median household income: $30,421Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $75,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $699Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54%Owner-occupied households

Baxley ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Baxley.

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

31513

What the numbers mean in Baxley city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Baxley city median would spend about 27.6% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 28.5% of residents and 54% of households own their home.

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

Baxley city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Baxley city is a small town in Georgia, with 4,971 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #170 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Baxley city earn a median of $30,421 a year, 61.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 47% 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 28.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Baxley city is valued at $75,300, 75.2% below the national figure and 61% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $699 a month, 50.3% below the national figure, or roughly $8,388 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.6% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Baxley city?: Baxley city has 4,971 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #170 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Baxley city?: Median household income in Baxley city is $30,421 a year, 61.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Baxley city?: Median gross rent is $699 a month and the median home value is $75,300, so rent absorbs about 27.6% of median household income.
Is Baxley city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Baxley city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Baxley 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.