What is the population of Sandersville city?

Sandersville city has 5,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #154 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Sandersville city?

Median household income in Sandersville city is $44,724 a year, 43.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $756 a month and the median home value is $128,100, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sandersville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sandersville, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sandersville, Georgia (Sandersville, GA — Census place “Sandersville city”) is 5,673 residents, ranking #154 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $44,724, the median home is worth $128,100 and median gross rent runs $756 a month. Looking for the Sandersville Georgia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sandersville, GA: 31082.

Population: 5,673Sandersville city residents
Median household income: $44,724Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $128,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $756Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.7%Owner-occupied households

Sandersville ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sandersville.

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

31082

What the numbers mean in Sandersville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sandersville city median would spend about 20.3% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 50.7% of households own their home.

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

Sandersville city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sandersville city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 5,673 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #154 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 35.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Sandersville city earn a median of $44,724 a year, 43.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% 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 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sandersville city is valued at $128,100, 57.8% below the national figure and 33% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $756 a month, 46.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,072 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.3% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 50.7% 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.

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 Sandersville city?: Sandersville city has 5,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #154 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Sandersville city?: Median household income in Sandersville city is $44,724 a year, 43.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sandersville city?: Median gross rent is $756 a month and the median home value is $128,100, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.
Is Sandersville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sandersville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sandersville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.