What is the population of Tifton city?

Tifton city has 17,140 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #73 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Tifton city?

Median household income in Tifton city is $44,324 a year, 43.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $793 a month and the median home value is $161,700, so rent absorbs about 21.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tifton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Tifton, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Tifton, Georgia (Tifton, GA — Census place “Tifton city”) is 17,140 residents, ranking #73 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $44,324, the median home is worth $161,700 and median gross rent runs $793 a month. Looking for the Tifton Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Tifton, GA: 31793, 31794.

Population: 17,140Tifton city residents
Median household income: $44,324Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $161,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $793Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 38.1%Owner-occupied households

Tifton ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tifton.

The Tifton GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Tifton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Tifton city median would spend about 21.5% 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 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22.3% of residents and 38.1% of households own their home.

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

Tifton city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Tifton city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 17,140 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #73 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 33.3 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 Tifton city earn a median of $44,324 a year, 43.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 22.3% 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 Tifton city is valued at $161,700, 46.7% below the national figure and 16% below the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $793 a month, 43.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,516 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.5% 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 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 38.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Tifton city?: Tifton city has 17,140 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #73 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Tifton city?: Median household income in Tifton city is $44,324 a year, 43.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tifton city?: Median gross rent is $793 a month and the median home value is $161,700, so rent absorbs about 21.5% of median household income.
Is Tifton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tifton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Tifton 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.