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West Echols, GA mapPopulation (year 2000): 2,197
Males: 1,235  (56.2%)
Females: 962  (43.8%)

Fulton County

Median resident age:  28.0 years
Georgia median age:  33.4 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,700 (it was $25,882 in 2000)
West Echols  $28,700
Georgia:  $45,604

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $113,100 (it was $83,900 in 2000)
West Echols  $113,100
Georgia:  $147,500

West Echols, GA residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in West Echols:

  • White Non-Hispanic (76.3%)
  • Hispanic (27.2%)
  • Other race (18.8%)
  • Black (3.5%)
  • American Indian (3.5%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1050 feet

Land area: 83.1 square miles.

Population density: 26 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in West Echols

  • High school or higher: 64.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
  • Unemployed: 1.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in West Echols CCD

  • Never married: 29.2%
  • Now married: 51.1%
  • Separated: 3.0%
  • Widowed: 8.5%
  • Divorced: 11.3%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.0%
Georgia:  7.1%

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

West Echols:  0.6% ($532)
Georgia:  0.8% ($919)
West Echols satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tallahassee, FL (83.9 miles , pop. 150,624).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Jacksonville, FL (102.4 miles , pop. 735,617).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (829.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Lake Park, GA (8.0 miles ), Dasher, GA (9.3 miles ), Naylor, GA (9.5 miles ), Jennings, FL (9.9 miles ), Valdosta, GA (15.1 miles ), Remerton, GA (16.6 miles ), East Echols, GA (18.0 miles ), Barretts, GA (18.2 miles ).

Latitude: 30.75 N, Longitude: 83.09 W




Most common industries for males:



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (41%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
  • Transportation equipment (3%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Food (3%)
  • Chemicals (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Construction (4%)
  • Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (37%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


West Echols-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Georgia state average. It is 10% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.8 miles away from the West Echols place center killed 4 people and injured 18 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 7/8/1966, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 11.8 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near West Echols:
  • SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles; VALDOSTA, GA)
  • TRINITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; JASPER, FL)
  • SMITH NORTHVIEW HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; VALDOSTA, GA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West Echols:
  • VALDOSTA RGNL (about 13 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; ID: VLD)
  • MOODY AFB (about 17 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; ID: VAD)
  • TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL (about 91 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; ID: TLH)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Echols:
  • HOMERVILLE (about 31 miles; HOMERVILLE, GA; ID: HOE)
  • SUWANNEE COUNTY (about 32 miles; LIVE OAK, FL; ID: 24J)
  • BERRIEN CO (about 33 miles; NASHVILLE, GA; ID: 4J2)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West Echols:
  • VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; Full-time enrollment: 7,157)
  • FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 10,991)
  • FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 29,949)
  • SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles; GAINESVILLE, FL; FT enrollment: 7,942)
  • ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 88 miles; ALBANY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,996)
  • TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 88 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 7,016)
  • UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (about 90 miles; GAINESVILLE, FL; FT enrollment: 41,543)

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Churches in West Echols include: Wrights Chapel (A), Bethel Church (B), Sardis Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

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

Lake: Mayhaw Lakes (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Connell Branch (A), Rentz Branch (B), Howell Branch (C), Martin Branch (D), Kinsey Branch (E), Cranford Branch (F), Enoch Creek (G), Long Branch (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  3.1 people
Georgia:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  53.4%
Whole state:  70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.3%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  30.7%
Whole state:  13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  14.5%
Whole state:  6.1%

West Echols compared to Georgia state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
  • Median age 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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2004 Presidential Election results in Fulton County Georgia:




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15.45% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($48,277 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  15.45%
Georgia average:  10.98%

1.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($611 average AGI)
Fulton County:  1.20%
Georgia average:  0.39%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from DeKalb County, GA  2.62% ($48,840 average AGI)
from Cobb County, GA  1.48% ($52,974)
from Gwinnett County, GA  1.01% ($53,719)


12.77% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($60,506 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  12.77%
Georgia average:  9.55%

0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($574 average AGI)
Fulton County:  0.11%
Georgia average:  0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to DeKalb County, GA  2.58% ($44,614 average AGI)
to Cobb County, GA  1.55% ($57,248)
to Clayton County, GA  1.05% ($24,318)


Strongest AM radio stations in West Echols:
  • WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WJEM (1150 AM; 5 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WJEM, INC.)
  • WTHV (810 AM; daytime; 3 kW; HAHIRA, GA; Owner: ETERNAL LIFE MINISTRIES, 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.)
  • WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
  • WOBS (1530 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WGSR (1570 AM; 50 kW; FERNANDINA BEACH, FL; Owner: RJM COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
  • WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
  • WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
  • WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in West Echols:
  • WHLJ (97.5 FM; STATENVILLE, GA; Owner: LATAURUS PRODUCTIONS INCORPORATED)
  • WQPW (95.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WVHT (105.7 FM; MONTICELLO, FL; Owner: WILSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WWRQ-FM (107.9 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WAAC (92.9 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WGOV, INC.)
  • WDMG-FM (99.5 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WAFT (101.1 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: CHRISTIAN RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WJYF (95.3 FM; NASHVILLE, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WWET (91.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WYZK (96.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: C. D. J., INC.)
  • WXHT (102.7 FM; MADISON, FL; Owner: MAGNUM BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WVGA (105.9 FM; LAKELAND, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around West Echols:
  • WBFL-CA (Channel 13; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
  • WFXU (Channel 57; LIVE OAK, FL; Owner: WFXU LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WCTV (Channel 6; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: WCTV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WTWC-TV (Channel 40; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: WTWC LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WVAG (Channel 44; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: HUTCHENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W25CP (Channel 25; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WBVJ-LP (Channel 35; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)

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