| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 912 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:52:59 PM |
| Population: | 12,969 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 13049 |
| Land Area: | 830 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 30.6838, -82.1229 |
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12,969 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 830 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 13,180 to 12,969 from 2014 to 2024 — a -1.6% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 31537 (Folkston, $64,461 median) and poorest ZIP 31562 (Saint George, $35,694) are 23.3 miles apart — a 1.8× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.2× across this county — from $130,100 in 31562 (Saint George) to $157,100 in 31537 (Folkston).
Density varies 1× across the county — from 15 people/sq mi in 31537 (Folkston) to 19 in 31562 (Saint George).
Educational attainment ranges from 11.8% bachelor's+ in 31562 (Saint George) to 12.9% in 31537 (Folkston) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Georgia, this is the #110 most populous of 161 counties and ranks #135 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $56,431 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
12.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,070 of 8,395 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.