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Notable locations in Swainsboro: Franklin Memorial Library (A), Swainsboro City Hall (B), Emanuel County Courthouse (C), Emanuel County Jail (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Mason Plaza Shopping Center (1), Magic Mall Industrial Park (2), Windsor Court Shopping Center (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Swainsboro include: Bethel Church (A), New Mount African Methodist Episcopal Church (B), First Baptist Church (C), First Methodist Church (D), First Presbyterian Church (E), Saint James Baptist Church (F), Church of the Nazarene (G), Hillcrest Church (H), Holiness Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Swainsboro City Cemetery (1), First Baptist Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Holloways Pond (A), Lake Luck (B), Watson Lake (C), Gradys Lake (D), Halloways Pond (E), Hazel Lake (F), Lake Caroline (G), Lake India (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hammock Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Swainsboro: Yam Grandy State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Post office: Swainsboro Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotels: Edenfield House Inn (426 West Church Street), Bradford Inn (688 South Main Street), Budget Inn (322 South Main Street), Days Inn (654 South Main Street).
Court: Georgia State Government - District Attorney's Office- Middle Judicial Cir (101 North Main Street).
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Emanuel County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 28.7%
(20.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 39.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 43.9% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.5 people | | Georgia: |  2.6 people |
| This city: | 68.4% | | Whole state: | 70.2% |
| This city: | 4.1% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Swainsboro, GA
People in group quarters in Swainsboro:
- 61 people in nursing homes
- 57 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 5 people in other group homes
Swainsboro compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income significantly below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage 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 below state average.
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Banks with branches in Swainsboro (2011 data):
- Spivey State Bank: South Main Street Drive-In Branch at 571 South Main Street, branch established on 04/04/1988; at 211 North Main Street, branch established on 08/01/1953. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $8.9 mil, Deposits: $8.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Persons Banking Co., Inc.
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Swainsboro Main Branch at 205 South Main Street, branch established on 11/09/1920. Info updated 03/29/2010: Bank assets: $151,545.4 mil, Deposits: $105,623.4 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1795 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- Queensborough National Bank & Trust Company: Swainsboro Division Branch at 692 South Main Street, branch established on 01/04/1999. Info updated 10/26/2009: Bank assets: $94.1 mil, Deposits: $80.9 mil, headquarters in Louisville, GA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 22 total offices, Holding Company: Queensborough Company, The
- The Citizens Bank of Swainsboro: The Citizens Bank Of Swainsboro at 121 North Main Street, branch established on 01/01/1900. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $1.3 mil, Deposits: $12.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Swainsboro Bankshares, Inc.
- Durden Banking Company, Incorporated: Swainsboro Branch at 318 South Main Street, branch established on 11/12/1991. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $15.1 mil, Deposits: $13.3 mil, headquarters in Twin City, GA, positive income, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Durden Bankshares, Inc.
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Swainsboro, Georgia:
- Edenfield House Inn, 426 W Church St, Swainsboro, GA 30401
 , Phone: (478) 237-3007
- Edenfield House Inn, 358 W Church St, Swainsboro, GA 30401 , Phone: (478) 237-3007
- Days Inn & Suites Swainsboro, 108 Alice Cir, Swainsboro, GA 30401 , Phone: (478) 237-9333
- Best Western Bradford Inn, 688 S Main St, Swainsboro, GA 30401 , Phone: (478) 237-2400, Fax: (478) 237-6022
All 4 fire-safe hotels and motels in Swainsboro, Georgia
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Emanuel County Georgia:
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Religion statistics for Swainsboro:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.85%
| Here | | 39.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Progressive Primitive Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 56.9% | 22.8% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 2.6% |
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| Congregations | 33.3% | 19.7% | 10.6% | 7.6% | 1.5% |
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| Name | National Association of Free Will Baptists | LDS (Mormon) Church | Church of the Nazarene | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.3% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
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| Congregations | 3.0% | 1.5% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 16.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 6 | Emanuel County: | 2.68 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 4 | Emanuel County: | 1.79 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 20 | Emanuel County: | 8.93 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 11 | Here: | 4.91 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 13.4% | | Georgia: | 10.4% |
Adult obesity rate: | Emanuel County: | 31.4% | | Georgia: | 27.8% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 13.3% | | State: | 14.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
5 | $12,809 | $30,742 | 1 | $151 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $7,990 | $47,940 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
19 | $68,233 | $43,095 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $1,612 | $19,344 | 2 | $2,573 |
| Firefighters |
12 | $37,828 | $37,828 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
1 | $1,966 | $23,592 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
1 | $2,170 | $26,040 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $2,405 |
| Parks and Recreation |
10 | $22,778 | $27,334 | 4 | $1,470 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $5,864 | $35,184 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
53 | $161,250 | $36,509 | 10 | $6,599 |
Swainsboro government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $577,000 ($75.15)
Sewerage: $535,000 ($69.68)
Parks & Recreation: $67,000 ($8.73)
All Other: $18,000 ($2.34)
- Construction - Water Utilities: $316,000 ($41.16)
Sewerage: $211,000 ($27.48)
- Current Operations - Solid Waste Management: $1,477,000 ($192.37)
Police Protection: $1,019,000 ($132.72)
Water Utilities: $943,000 ($122.82)
Sewerage: $629,000 ($81.92)
Fire Protection: $591,000 ($76.97)
Parks & Recreation: $545,000 ($70.98)
Central Staff Services: $351,000 ($45.72)
Regular Highways: $184,000 ($23.96)
General - Other: $173,000 ($22.53)
Libraries: $87,000 ($11.33)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $54,000 ($7.03)
Welfare - Other: $35,000 ($4.56)
Housing & Community Development: $9,000 ($1.17)
Health Services - Other: $3,000 ($0.39)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $152,000 ($19.80)
General Support: $19,000 ($2.47)
- General - Interest on Debt: $79,000 ($10.29)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $649,000 ($84.53)
All Other: $341,000 ($44.41)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $2,610,000 ($339.93)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,397,000 ($181.95)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $495,000 ($64.47)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,271,000 ($165.54)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $3,087,000 ($402.06)
Other, NEC: $31,000 ($4.04)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $95,000 ($12.37)
Water Utilities: $18,000 ($2.34)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $311,000 ($40.51)
Interest Earnings: $183,000 ($23.83)
Rents: $20,000 ($2.60)
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $217,000 ($28.26)
Sewerage: $145,000 ($18.89)
Police Protection: $120,000 ($15.63)
Regular Highways: $46,000 ($5.99)
Fire Protection: $44,000 ($5.73)
Parks & Recreation: $20,000 ($2.60)
Central Staff: $11,000 ($1.43)
General - Other: $10,000 ($1.30)
Solid Waste Management: $5,000 ($0.65)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,691,000 ($350.48)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $802,000 ($104.45)
- State Intergovernmental - Public Welfare: $59,000 ($7.68)
All Other: $3,000 ($0.39)
- Tax - Property: $1,362,000 ($177.39)
Public Utilities: $379,000 ($49.36)
Other Selective Sales: $252,000 ($32.82)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $163,000 ($21.23)
NEC: $126,000 ($16.41)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,609,000 ($209.56)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $157,000 ($20.45)
5.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,301 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.55% | | 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:
5.31% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,577 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.31% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Swainsboro:
- WJAT (800 AM; 1 kW; SWAINSBORO, GA; Owner: LACOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WXRS (1590 AM; 3 kW; SWAINSBORO, GA; Owner: LACOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WVOP (970 AM; 5 kW; VIDALIA, GA; Owner: VIDALIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WMLT (1330 AM; 5 kW; DUBLIN, GA; Owner: STATE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Swainsboro:
- WXRS-FM (100.5 FM; SWAINSBORO, GA; Owner: LACOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WQZY (95.9 FM; DUBLIN, GA; Owner: STATE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WELT (98.1 FM; SWAINSBORO, GA; Owner: LACOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMCD (100.1 FM; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: RADIO STATESBORO, INC.)
- WAKB (96.9 FM; WRENS, GA; Owner: RADIO ONE OF AUGUSTA, LLC)
- WPMX (102.9 FM; STATESBORO, GA; Owner: MULTI-SERVICE CORP.)
- WGPH (91.5 FM; VIDALIA, GA; Owner: AUGUSTA RADIO FELLOWSHIP INSTITUTE,)
- WYUM (101.7 FM; MOUNT VERNON, GA; Owner: VIDALIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WBMZ (104.9 FM; METTER, GA; Owner: WM. JIMMY PAGE, TR/AS RADIO METTER)
- WTCQ (97.7 FM; VIDALIA, GA; Owner: VIDALIA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WDBN (107.5 FM; WRIGHTSVILLE, GA; Owner: D/B/A DOWDY PARTNERS)
TV broadcast stations around Swainsboro:
- WCES-TV (Channel 20; WRENS, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WGSA (Channel 34; BAXLEY, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN TV CORPORATION)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Swainsboro, Georgia:
- Fatal accident count: 31
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 47
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 13
- Fatalities: 33
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 73
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Georgia average:
- Fatal accident count: 90
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 140
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 25
- Fatalities: 98
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 235
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 12
See more detailed statistics of Swainsboro fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 10 meters (33ft)
Total average daily traffic: 12,340
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 18,510
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Swainsboro, GA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| James | 150 | 69.7 years |
| John | 114 | 72.3 years |
| Mary | 110 | 77.1 years |
| William | 85 | 71.0 years |
| Willie | 76 | 73.5 years |
| Robert | 68 | 65.0 years |
| George | 63 | 71.6 years |
| Annie | 61 | 77.7 years |
| Mattie | 46 | 78.5 years |
| Ruby | 36 | 76.7 years |
| Most common last names in Swainsboro, GA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Williams | 94 | 73.9 years |
| Smith | 81 | 74.4 years |
| Johnson | 74 | 71.6 years |
| Brown | 61 | 74.3 years |
| Scott | 54 | 76.4 years |
| Jones | 49 | 68.9 years |
| Moore | 48 | 75.4 years |
| Coleman | 45 | 74.4 years |
| Hall | 44 | 74.8 years |
| Edenfield | 38 | 73.9 years |
| Businesses in Swainsboro, GA |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Best Western | 1 | | Lane Furniture | 1 |
| Burger King | 1 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Days Inn | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Sears | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| Hardee's | 1 | | UPS | 2 |
| KFC | 1 | | Walgreens | 1 |
| La-Z-Boy | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
Swainsboro on our top lists:
- #6 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Leather and allied products (population 5,000+)"
- #14 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most people below 50% of the poverty level, excluding cities with 15% or more of residents in college and with the median age below 28 (population 5,000+)"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Motor vehicle, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (population 5,000+)"
- #31 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most people below the poverty level, excluding cities with 15% or more of residents in college and with the median age below 28 (population 5,000+)"
- #33 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (population 5,000+)"
- #39 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Machinery"
- #46 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the most Black residents (pop 5,000+)"
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