Telfair County is home to 11,831 people in Georgia. 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $113,300. 24.1% of residents live below the federal poverty line. That trails the Georgia median by roughly 34%. At a median age of 43.2, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $50,929, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
10% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 56%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Telfair County
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants76.5% → 64.9%(−11.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age34.2 → 43.2(+9.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
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)25.5%(147)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.1%(122)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era48.4%(279)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.9%(11)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 577 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
Telfair County, decade by decade
Telfair County 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
11,000
$39,776
$70,322
8.6%
56.7
2000
11,794
$47,540
$72,684
8.3%
62.7
2010
16,500
$34,347
$84,732
8.1%
74.9
2020
12,477
$39,711
$83,994
7.0%
78.4
2024
11,831
$50,929
$113,300
10.1%
77.3
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.
