City safety & data profile
WaycrossGA
Waycross, GA is a 14K-resident city in Ware County with a median household income of $38,301.
Ware County, Georgia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Waycross, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Waycross has a population larger than 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $84,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 14K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 24%
- By size
- $38,301
- Median income (place)
- $84,100
- Median home (place)
- 32.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Waycross
Waycross posts a median household income higher than 1% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Waycross area.
- Bottom 2%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Waycross
Where Waycross income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$38,301 Bottom 1% higher than 1% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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.
- Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
510,823 residents
- Columbus
Columbus, GA
206,922 residents
- Savannah 147,780
Savannah, GA
147,780 residents
- South Fulton 107,436
South Fulton, GA
107,436 residents
- Sandy Springs 105,330
Sandy Springs, GA
105,330 residents
- Roswell 94,501
Roswell, GA
94,501 residents
- Johns Creek 83,335
Johns Creek, GA
83,335 residents
- Albany 74,843
Albany, GA
74,843 residents
- Warner Robins 73,490
Warner Robins, GA
73,490 residents
- Alpharetta 63,693
Alpharetta, GA
63,693 residents
What this shows Atlanta is the largest GA city on this list; Milton leads median income.
Highest median incomes in GA
Median household income among the same 99-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Milton
Milton, GA
$171,295 median
- Johns Creek
Johns Creek, GA
$160,093 median
- Alpharetta
Alpharetta, GA
$147,612 median
- Decatur
Decatur, GA
$139,397 median
- Druid Hills
Druid Hills, GA
$130,139 median
- Mountain Park
Mountain Park, GA
$129,583 median
- Roswell
Roswell, GA
$128,654 median
- Evans
Evans, GA
$125,098 median
- Dunwoody
Dunwoody, GA
$121,903 median
- Brookhaven
Brookhaven, GA
$117,663 median
What this shows Milton posts the highest place-level median income in GA; Atlanta is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Waycross, GA beyond the headline numbers
Waycross sits inside Ware County, Georgia, at roughly 31.21°N, -82.36°W. Population 14,053, $38,301 median household income. Median home value $84,100, median rent $768. Poverty rate 32.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Waycross, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
32.7% of Waycross, 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.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Waycross runs about 2.2 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 6.7% of Waycross 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: 6.2% in Waycross, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Waycross 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 Waycross 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Ware County): Waycross'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.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 32.7% +164% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 11.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 16% |
| Work From Home | 6.7% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Waycross?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Waycross right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet GA-WAYCROSS · Waycross
Waycross: 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 Waycross; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Georgia state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Waycross, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside GA (32.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside GA ($38,301 here).
Compare Waycross with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Waycross'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 Waycross area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Waycross against Georgia peers on any ranking lens. Explore Georgia
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 (Ware 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.