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Notable locations in Tifton: Woodlawn Community Center (A), Tifton City Hall (B), Tift County Library (C), Tift County Jail (D), Tift County Courthouse (E), Georgia Agrirama (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Tift-Town Shopping Center (1), Town and Country Shopping Center (2), Westgate Shopping Center (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Tifton include: Wesleyan Methodist Church (A), Trinity Methodist Church (B), Second Baptist Church (C), Church of God (D), Church of the Nazarene (E), Saint Annes Episcopal Church (F), Congregational Christian Church (G), Eastside Church (H), First Assembly of God Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Oak Ridge Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Marys Pond (A), Fullwood Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Tifton include: Fulwood Park (1), Tifton Commercial Historic District (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Tifton Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Agrirama (Museums; 8th Street), Georgia State Government - Regents Board- Technical and Adult Education Depart (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 2014 Chestnut Avenue).
Hotels: Hampton Inn (720 USHighway 319 South), Fairfield Inn and Suites Tifton (806 West 7th Street), Courtyard Tifton (814 West 7th Street), Budget Inn (1008 8th Street West), Budget Inc (1008 8th Street West), Days Inn Tifton GA (1199 Highway 82 West), Courtyard Marriott (814 7th Street West), Fairfield Inn Marriott (1401 Tift Avenue North Suite A), Courtyard by Marriott (814 7th Street West).
Courts: Tift County - Judge Of Superior Court- Judge Harvey Davis (Admin Building), TIFT County - Probate Court (Admn Building), TIFT County - Traffic Fines- Clerk of Superior Court (Courthouse), TIFT County - Judge of State Court (223 2nd Street East).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Tifton and their reported violations in the past:
ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRI. COLLEGE (Population served: 3000, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-01-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-01-2002), St Public Notif received (FEB-21-2002)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-20-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-20-2001), St Public Notif received (OCT-05-2001)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-03-1998), St Public Notif received (NOV-23-1998)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: State CCR Follow-up Notice (2 times from AUG-01-2005 to OCT-03-2005)
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
TIFT CO-E B HAMILTON PARK (Population served: 1000, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-17-1998), St Public Notif received (AUG-28-1998)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-21-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-21-2005)
SPRINGHILL COUNTRY CLUB (Population served: 318, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In AUG-1999, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-30-1999)
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
LEWIS TAYLOR FARMS MLC (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Tifton that have no violations reported:
- JERNIGAN`S RESAURANT (Population served: 262, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 26.9% | | Whole state: | 13.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 12.8% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Tifton, GA
People in group quarters in Tifton
- 502 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 289 people in nursing homes
- 175 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 116 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 74 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 25 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 18 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 18 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 12 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 8 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
Tifton compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
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Banks with branches in Tifton (2009 data):
- South Georgia Banking Company: Tifton Branch, Tift Avenue Branch, West Second Branch. Info updated 2007-01-09: Bank assets: $304.3 mil, Deposits: $260.6 mil, headquarters in Omega, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: South Georgia Bank Holding Company
- First Community Bank of Tifton: First Community Bank Of Tifton, Northside Branch, West Side Branch. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $321.8 mil, Deposits: $276.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Synovus Financial Corp.
- Colony Bank: Colony Village Center Branch at 1909 Highway 82 West, branch established on 2004-08-11; Tift Branch at 605 West 2nd Street, branch established on 1998-06-15. Info updated 2008-08-13: Bank assets: $1,250.2 mil, Deposits: $1,007.0 mil, headquarters in Fitzgerald, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 28 total offices, Holding Company: Colony Bankcorp, Inc.
- Ameris Bank: Tifton Branch at 735 West Second Street, branch established on 1945-07-02; Messenger Service at 735 West Second Street, branch established on 2008-01-14. Info updated 2007-01-18: Bank assets: $2,405.5 mil, Deposits: $2,068.2 mil, headquarters in Moultrie, GA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 62 total offices, Holding Company: Ameris Bancorp
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Tifton Main Branch at 211 North Virginia Avenue, branch established on 1988-04-18. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- Tifton Banking Company: at 729 West Second Street, branch established on 2004-10-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $152.8 mil, Deposits: $123.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1 total offices
- SunTrust Bank: Tifton Branch at 200 John Howard St, branch established on 1990-06-27. Info updated 2009-03-30: Bank assets: $185,098.8 mil, Deposits: $120,116.4 mil, headquarters in Atlanta, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1782 total offices, Holding Company: Suntrust Banks, Inc.
- Bank of America, National Association: Tifton Main Branch at 127 First Street, branch established on 1896-01-01. Info updated 2008-11-07: Bank assets: $1,471,631.0 mil, Deposits: $954,677.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 6194 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
Fire-safe hotels and motels in Tifton, Georgia
- Holiday Inn Tifton, 1208 Hwy 82 W, Tifton, GA 31794, Phone: (229) 382-6687
- Comfort Inn Tifton, 1104 King Rd, Tifton, GA 31744, Phone: (229) 382-4410
- Howard Johnson Tifton, 1103 King Rd, Tifton, GA 31794, Phone: (229) 386-2100
- Days Inn, 1008 W 8TH St, Tifton, GA 31794, Phone: (229) 382-7210, Fax: (229) 386-8146
- Hampton Inn, 720 US Hwy 319 S, Tifton, GA 31794, Phone: (229) 382-8800, Fax: (229) 387-0563
- Econolodge, 1025 W 2ND St, Tifton, GA 31794, Phone: (229) 382-0280
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 2802 Moore Hwy, Tifton, GA 31793, Phone: (229) 386-3815, Fax: (229) 386-7006
- Courtyard By Marriott, 814 West Seventh St, Tifton, GA 31794, Phone: (800) 321-2211, Fax: (229) 388-1795
- 9 other hotels and motels
All 17 fire-safe hotels and motels in Tifton, Georgia
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Tift County Georgia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (64%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
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Religion statistics for Tifton
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | American Baptist Association | Episcopal Church |
| Adherents | 57.3% | 15.8% | 9.7% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
| Congregations | 32.4% | 14.7% | 10.3% | 4.4% | 1.5% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Churches of Christ | Progressive Primitive Baptists | Other religions |
| Adherents | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 5.6% |
| Congregations | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 5.9% | 25.0% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
38 | $94,267 | $29,769 | 5 | $5,058 |
| Other Government Administration |
10 | $27,916 | $33,499 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
3 | $8,070 | $32,280 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
49 | $138,721 | $33,972 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
7 | $12,437 | $21,321 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
34 | $91,220 | $32,195 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
2 | $4,371 | $26,226 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
30 | $65,053 | $26,021 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
31 | $64,823 | $25,093 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
20 | $45,446 | $27,268 | 1 | $27 |
| Parks and Recreation |
9 | $16,254 | $21,672 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
24 | $55,575 | $27,788 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
6 | $15,657 | $31,314 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
7 | $16,799 | $28,798 | 8 | $7,574 |
| Totals for Government |
270 | $656,609 | $29,183 | 14 | $12,659 |
Tifton government finances in 2006:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $3,860,000
All Other: $3,136,000
Sewerage: $2,347,000
Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $65,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $290,000
Water Utilities: $182,000
Solid Waste Management: $140,000
Sewerage: $122,000
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $10,735,000
Police Protection: $3,956,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,623,000
General - Other: $3,248,000
Water Utilities: $2,999,000
Central Staff Services: $2,452,000
Sewerage: $1,999,000
Local Fire Protection: $1,923,000
Regular Highways: $1,769,000
Financial Administration: $1,679,000
Parks and Recreation: $375,000
Parking Facilities: $268,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $246,000
General Public Buildings: $216,000
Libraries: $151,000
Health - Other: $140,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $118,000
Public Welfare - Other: $84,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $503,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General - Other: $570,000
Libraries: $151,000
Air Transportation: $25,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,099,000
General Local Government Support: $2,856,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $2,126,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $664,000
Fines and Forfeits: $664,000
Sale of Property: $174,000
Special Assessments: $21,000
General Revenue, NEC: $16,000
Rents: $9,000
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $14,561,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $12,580,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC – Correctional Institutions: $243,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified Public Purpose: $145,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $1,723,000
Solid Waste Management: $532,000
Local Fire Protection: $280,000
Police Protection: $263,000
Regular Highways: $228,000
Water Utilities: $69,000
Sewerage: $46,000
Gas Utilities: $42,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $14,571,000
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $12,353,000
Water Utilities: $3,520,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $386,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $85,000
Highways: $50,000
Housing and Community Development: $11,000
- Tax - Property: $2,047,000
Other Selective Sales: $1,426,000
Public Utilities Sales: $991,000
Occupation and Business License, NEC: $649,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $436,000
Public Utility License: $66,000
Other License: $46,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $7,607,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $227,000
7.32% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,911 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.32% | | 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:
6.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,938 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.70% | | 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 Tifton:
- WTIF (1340 AM; 1 kW; TIFTON, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
- WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
- WMTM (1300 AM; 5 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: COLQUITT BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
- WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
- WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
- WDMG (860 AM; 5 kW; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WJYZ (960 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKTF (1550 AM; 10 kW; VIENNA, GA; Owner: SANTILLANA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Tifton:
- WABR (91.1 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMM, COMMISSION)
- WTIF-FM (107.5 FM; OMEGA, GA; Owner: OMEGA BROADCASTING CORP)
- WOBB (100.3 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WPLH (103.1 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE)
- WDMG-FM (99.5 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WKAA (97.7 FM; OCILLA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WKZZ (92.5 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WJYF (95.3 FM; NASHVILLE, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WLPF (98.5 FM; OCILLA, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WAEF (90.3 FM; CORDELE, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WBJY (89.3 FM; AMERICUS, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WMTM-FM (93.9 FM; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: COLQUITT BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
- WKAK (104.5 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WOKA-FM (106.7 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: COFFEE COUNTY BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WFFM (105.7 FM; ASHBURN, GA; Owner: ON TOP COMMUNICATIONS OF GEORGIA, LLC)
- WZBN (102.1 FM; SYLVESTER, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WDDQ (92.1 FM; ADEL, GA; Owner: WILLIAMS INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WRDO (96.9 FM; FITZGERALD, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
- WRXZ (106.1 FM; SYLVESTER, GA; Owner: ON TOP COMMUNICATIONS OF GEORGIA, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Tifton:
- W51AR (Channel 51; TIFTON, GA; Owner: NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH)
- W33BX (Channel 33; TIFTON, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WALB (Channel 10; ALBANY, GA; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
- WVAG (Channel 44; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: HUTCHENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WFXL (Channel 31; ALBANY, GA; Owner: WAITT LICENSE COMPANY OF GEORGIA, L.L.C.)
- W12DA (Channel 12; TIFTON, GA; Owner: TIFT AREA TV, INC.)
- WABW-TV (Channel 14; PELHAM, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WCTV (Channel 6; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: WCTV LICENSEE CORP.)
- WTWC-TV (Channel 40; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: WTWC LICENSEE, LLC)
- W05AZ (Channel 5; TIFTON, GA; Owner: WOAZ, INC.)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of Tifton fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 29
Total length: 120 meters (394ft)
Total costs: $96,000
Total average daily traffic: 447,800
Total average daily truck traffic: 2,201
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1930-1939: 2
- 1940-1949: 0
- 1950-1959: 7
- 1960-1969: 0
- 1970-1979: 3
- 1980-1989: 13
- 1990-1999: 4
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Tifton, GA
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 5 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Tifton)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 31 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Tifton, GA)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 36 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 5 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 16 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 53 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Tifton)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 33 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Tifton)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 218
- Hazardous Condition: 176
- Service Call: 11
- Good Intent Call: 7
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Tifton, GA
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