Boston, Georgia

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Population (year 2000): 1,417. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,445 (+2.0% change)

Males: 646	(45.6%)
Females: 771	(54.4%)

Thomas County

Median resident age:	35.1 years
Georgia median age:	33.4 years

Zip codes: 31626.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $18,600 (it was $19,312 in 2000)

Boston	$18,600
Georgia:	$45,604

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $50,600 (it was $48,400 in 2000)

Boston	$50,600
Georgia:	$147,500

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Races in Boston:

Black (67.6%)
White Non-Hispanic (30.2%)
Hispanic (2.2%)
Two or more races (1.3%)

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Ancestries: United States (9.8%), Subsaharan African (7.6%), German (4.0%), English (4.0%), Irish (3.0%), Dutch (1.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 200 feet

Land area: 2.23 square miles.

Population density: 647 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Boston

High school or higher: 63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
Unemployed: 13.6%
Mean travel time to work: 26.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Boston city

Never married: 32.5%
Now married: 33.9%
Separated: 6.4%
Widowed: 11.0%
Divorced: 16.2%

13 residents are foreign born

This city:	0.9%
Georgia:	7.1%

According to our research there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Boston, Georgia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Boston to the number of sex offenders is 180 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Boston:	0.8% ($402)
Georgia:	0.8% ($919)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tallahassee, FL (40.7 miles , pop. 150,624).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Jacksonville, FL (150.0 miles , pop. 735,617).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (799.7 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Dixie, GA (6.8 miles ), Barwick, GA (7.8 miles ), Pavo, GA (12.1 miles ), Thomasville, GA (13.2 miles ), Quitman, GA (15.8 miles ), Coolidge, GA (16.0 miles ), Monticello, FL (17.9 miles ), Empress, GA (20.7 miles ).

Latitude: 30.79 N, Longitude: 83.79 W

Area code: 229

Population change in the 1990s: +39 (+2.8%).

Most common industries for males:

Accommodation and food services (15%)
Public administration (10%)
Construction (9%)
Wood products (8%)
Food (6%)
Educational services (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (28%)
Educational services (11%)
Social assistance (10%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Food (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Cashiers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Cashiers (8%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Child care workers (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Business operations specialists (5%)

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Crime in Boston by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003
Murders	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	8	7	8
per 100,000	551.3	472.3	555.9
Burglaries	16	15	20
per 100,000	1102.7	1012.1	1389.9
Thefts	12	12	34
per 100,000	827.0	809.7	2362.8
Auto thefts	3	8	2
per 100,000	206.8	539.8	139.0
Arson	0	N/A	N/A
per 100,000	0.0	N/A	N/A
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 122.6)	237.1	240.9	314.1

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Average climate in Boston, Georgia

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Boston-area historical tornado activity is near Georgia state average. It is 38% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 2/13/2000, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 24.8 miles away from the Boston city center killed 6 people and injured 15 people and caused $5 million in damages.

On 11/11/1979, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 1.1 miles away from the city center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Boston:

JOHN D ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; THOMASVILLE, GA)
SOUTHWESTERN STATE HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; THOMASVILLE, GA)
BROOKS COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; QUITMAN, GA)

Political contributions by individuals in Boston, GA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Boston:

VALDOSTA RGNL (about 37 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; ID: VLD)
MOODY AFB (about 44 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; ID: VAD)
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL (about 48 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; ID: TLH)

Other public-use airports nearest to Boston:

THOMASVILLE MUNI (about 10 miles; THOMASVILLE, GA; ID: TVI)
QUITMAN BROOKS COUNTY (about 15 miles; QUITMAN, GA; ID: 4J5)
MOULTRIE MUNI (about 20 miles; MOULTRIE, GA; ID: MGR)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Boston:

VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; Full-time enrollment: 7,157)
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 29,949)
FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 10,991)
TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 44 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 7,016)
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; ALBANY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,996)
GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN (about 109 miles; DOTHAN, AL; FT enrollment: 2,703)
FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 122 miles; FT VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,233)

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Notable location: Boston Carnegie Branch Moultrie-Colquitt County Library (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Boston City Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Boston Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This city:	2.6 people
Georgia:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	69.1%
Whole state:	70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	5.2%
Whole state:	4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	32.9%
Whole state:	13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	17.1%
Whole state:	6.1%

Boston compared to Georgia state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Boston (2007 data):

Commercial Bank: Boston Branch at Jefferson And Norton Streets, branch established on 1934-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $516.7 mil, Deposits: $457.8 mil, headquarters in Thomasville, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Synovus Financial Corp.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

Boston mode of transportation to work chart

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	0	$0		5	$554
Judicial and Legal	0	$0		1	$1,417
Sewerage	1	$2,206	$26,472	0	$0
Solid Waste Management	3	$3,747	$14,988	0	$0
Streets and Highways	1	$2,210	$26,520	0	$0
Police Protection - Officers	5	$12,862	$30,869	1	$283
Financial Administration	1	$1,931	$23,172	0	$0
Totals for Government	11	$22,956	$25,043	7	$2,254

Boston government finances in 2002:

Charges - Solid Waste Management: $71,000
Sewerage: $66,000

All Other: $5,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $184,000
Police Protection: $175,000

Water Utilities: $90,000

Central Staff Services: $69,000

Sewerage: $60,000

General - Other: $40,000

Parks & Recreation: $13,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $12,000

Solid Waste Management: $12,000

Financial Administration: $5,000

Corrections - Other: $3,000
Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $2,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Corrections: $3,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $92,000
All Other: $77,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $577,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $560,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $17,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $19,000
Interest Earnings: $9,000

Property Sale Other: $2,000

Rents: $1,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $24,000
Water Utilities: $7,000

Parks & Recreation: $4,000

Sewerage: $4,000

Central Staff: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $296,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $98,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $17,000
Tax - Property: $149,000
Other Selective Sales: $51,000

Public Utilities: $39,000

Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $22,000

NEC: $20,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $260,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $29,000

6.97% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,941 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.97%
Georgia average:	10.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Grady County, GA	0.68% ($26,790 average AGI)
from Leon County, FL	0.57% ($55,723)
from Mitchell County, GA	0.32% ($22,872)

6.83% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,687 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.83%
Georgia average:	9.55%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Grady County, GA	0.87% ($29,748 average AGI)
to Colquitt County, GA	0.46% ($34,552)
to Leon County, FL	0.41% ($45,150)

Strongest AM radio stations in Boston:

WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WFRF (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FAITH RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WMTM (1300 AM; 5 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: COLQUITT BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
WPAX (1240 AM; 1 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: LENROB ENTERPRISES, INC.)
WGOV (950 AM; 4 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: W G O V, INC.)
WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
WSFB (1490 AM; 1 kW; QUITMAN, GA; Owner: JIM CHION)
WJEM (1150 AM; 5 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WJEM, INC.)
WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Boston:

WTUF (106.3 FM; BOSTON, GA; Owner: BOSTON RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
WKVH (91.9 FM; MONTICELLO, FL; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
WFSU-FM (88.9 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY)
WGLF (104.1 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WYZK (96.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: C. D. J., INC.)
WWLD (102.3 FM; CAIRO, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WDMG-FM (99.5 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
WTLY (107.1 FM; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WTNT-FM (94.9 FM; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WAFT (101.1 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: CHRISTIAN RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
WOBB (100.3 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMTM-FM (93.9 FM; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: COLQUITT BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
WJYF (95.3 FM; NASHVILLE, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
WAAC (92.9 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WGOV, INC.)
WFSL (90.7 FM; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES)

TV broadcast stations around Boston:

WCTV (Channel 6; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: WCTV LICENSEE CORP.)
WTWC-TV (Channel 40; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: WTWC LICENSEE, LLC)
W38CM (Channel 22; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
WTXL-TV (Channel 27; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: MEDIA VENTURE MANAGEMENT, INC.)
WTLH (Channel 49; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
WABW-TV (Channel 14; PELHAM, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
WALB (Channel 10; ALBANY, GA; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
WFXL (Channel 31; ALBANY, GA; Owner: WAITT LICENSE COMPANY OF GEORGIA, L.L.C.)
WVAG (Channel 44; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: HUTCHENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WVUP-CA (Channel 45; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: CHRISTIAN TELEVISION CORPORATION, INC.)
W19CP (Channel 19; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: TIFT AREA TV)
WTBC-LP (Channel 65; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.)
W25CP (Channel 25; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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