With 3,487 people, Wrightsville is a city in Georgia. 5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 39.7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Since 2000 the city has risen by half, up 1,264 people. Households here earn about 55% less than in Georgia as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $65,400.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $34,631, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
5% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Wrightsville
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$78,722 → $65,400(−17%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate29.7% → 39.7%(+10.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share44.7% → 54.1%(+9.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Wrightsville's population equals 38% of Johnson County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 13% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 84% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)34.2%(38)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.4%(16)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era18%(20)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 111 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Wrightsville, decade by decade
Wrightsville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
2,331
$36,121
$78,722
5.8%
63.6
2000
2,223
$32,334
$61,754
10.0%
63.7
2010
2,195
$35,215
$72,936
4.8%
64.8
2020
3,449
$31,816
$90,054
4.8%
65.6
2024
3,487
$34,631
$65,400
5.4%
69.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
