What is the population of Ocilla city?

Ocilla city has 3,233 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #228 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Ocilla city?

Median household income in Ocilla city is $40,677 a year, 48.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $796 a month and the median home value is $103,000, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.

Is Ocilla 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 Ocilla city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ocilla, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ocilla, Georgia (Ocilla, GA — Census place “Ocilla city”) is 3,233 residents, ranking #228 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $40,677, the median home is worth $103,000 and median gross rent runs $796 a month. Looking for the Ocilla Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ocilla, GA: 31774.

Population: 3,233Ocilla city residents
Median household income: $40,677Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $103,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $796Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.7%Owner-occupied households

Ocilla ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ocilla.

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

31774

What the numbers mean in Ocilla city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ocilla city median would spend about 23.5% 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 21.6% of residents and 51.7% of households own their home.

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

Ocilla city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ocilla city is a small town in Georgia, with 3,233 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #228 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 39.2 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 Ocilla city earn a median of $40,677 a year, 48.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 21.6% 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 Ocilla city is valued at $103,000, 66.1% below the national figure and 46% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $796 a month, 43.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,552 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% 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. 51.7% 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 Ocilla city?: Ocilla city has 3,233 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #228 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Ocilla city?: Median household income in Ocilla city is $40,677 a year, 48.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ocilla city?: Median gross rent is $796 a month and the median home value is $103,000, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
Is Ocilla 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 Ocilla city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ocilla 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.