City safety & data profile

VidaliaGA

Vidalia, GA is a 11K-resident city in Toombs County with a median household income of $49,370.

Toombs County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Vidalia, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Vidalia has a population larger than 4% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $158,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 5%
By size
$49,370
Median income (place)
$158,500
Median home (place)
25.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Vidalia

Vidalia posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Vidalia area.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Vidalia

Where Vidalia income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$49,370 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Vidalia $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in GA

Population among 99 GA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in GA

Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Vidalia, GA beyond the headline numbers

Vidalia sits inside Toombs County, Georgia, at roughly 32.22°N, -82.41°W. Population 10,679, $49,370 median household income. Median home value $158,500, median rent $794. Poverty rate 25.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Vidalia, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

25.7% of Vidalia, GA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Vidalia costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 3.9% of Vidalia workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.9% in Vidalia, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Vidalia workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Vidalia from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
10,679
Vidalia · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$49,370
-45% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$158,500
-62% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Toombs County): Vidalia's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
27K-0%
Median Income
$52,621+69%
Median Home Value
$137,000+56%
Poverty Rate
22.5%-16%
Unemployment
4.4%-55%

Economics

Economics indicators for Vidalia, GA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$794/mo
Poverty Rate
25.7% +107% vs avg
Unemployment 5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23.1%
Work From Home 3.9%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 47.3%
African American 40.6%
Asian 1.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 7.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
43.9%
Short Sleep Duration
41%
Obesity
40.8%
Physical Inactivity
32.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
18%
Diabetes
16.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
16%
Current Smoking
16%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.9%
Binge Drinking
12.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55%
Annual Checkup 80.9%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.9%
Stroke
4.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MEMORIAL HEALTH MEADOWS HOSPITAL
VIDALIA · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Vidalia?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Vidalia right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet GA-VIDALIA · Vidalia

Vidalia: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Vidalia; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Vidalia, GA?
Vidalia, GA has a population of 10,679 people, located in Toombs County, Georgia.
What is the median household income in Vidalia?
The median household income in Vidalia, GA is $49,370 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 25.7%.
What is the median home value in Vidalia?
The median home value in Vidalia, GA is $158,500. Median rent is $794/month.
What are the top health concerns in Vidalia?
The top health indicators in Vidalia include High Blood Pressure (43.9%), Short Sleep Duration (41%), Obesity (40.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Vidalia?
Vidalia has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Vidalia?
The median age in Vidalia, GA is 40.2 years. 23.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Vidalia, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (25.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($49,370 here).

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Using Vidalia's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Vidalia area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Toombs County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.