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Echols County

Population in July 2007: 2,406.
Males: 1,352  (56.2%)
Females: 1,054  (43.8%)

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

Estimated median household income in 2009: $33,935 (it was $25,882 in 2000)
West Echols:

$33,935
Georgia:

$47,590
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $10,520

West Echols CCD income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $84,001 (it was $63,900 in 2000)
West Echols:

$84,001
Georgia:

$162,800
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $90,683; Detached houses: $113,006; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $183,061; Mobile homes: $65,414; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $29,955

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West Echols races chart
  • White alone - 1,504 (68.5%)
  • Hispanic - 598 (27.2%)
  • Black alone - 71 (3.2%)
  • Two or more races - 15 (0.7%)
  • American Indian alone - 6 (0.3%)
  • Asian alone - 3 (0.1%)

Races in West Echols detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth


Mar. 2012 cost of living index in West Echols: 82.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1050 feet

Land area: 83.1 square miles.

Population density: 29 people per square mile 
 
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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 (commute): 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%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.0%
Georgia:  7.1%

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

West Echols CCD:  0.8% ($532)
Georgia:  0.9% ($919)
West Echols satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Tallahassee, FL (73.4 miles , pop. 150,624).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Jacksonville, FL (90.0 miles , pop. 735,617).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (737.4 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Lake Park, GA (2.7 miles ), Dasher, GA (2.8 miles ), Naylor, GA (3.0 miles ), Jennings, FL (3.1 miles ), Valdosta, GA (3.7 miles ), Remerton, GA (3.8 miles ), East Echols, GA (3.9 miles ), Barretts, GA (4.2 miles ).

Latitude: 30.75 N, Longitude: 83.09 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 229

West Echols household income distribution West Echols home values distribution

Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

7.7%
Georgia:

9.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries (%)
Males Females
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (41%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
  • Transportation equipment (3%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Food (3%)
  • Chemicals (3%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Construction (4%)
  • Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • 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%)
  • 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%)

Work and jobs in West Echols: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Average climate in West Echols, Georgia

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Tornado activity:

West Echols-area historical tornado activity is near Georgia state average. It is 40% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1988, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.3 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 F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 10.3 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Echols County (5) is smaller than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 3
Emergencies Declared: 2

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 2, Tornadoes: 2, Storms: 2, Wind: 1, Drought: 1, Hurricane: 1, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).

Hospitals/medical centers near West Echols:

  • SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, provides emergency services, about 12 miles away; VALDOSTA, GA)
  • SMITH NORTHVIEW HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 18 miles away; VALDOSTA, GA)
  • LOUIS SMITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 21 miles away; LAKELAND, GA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to West Echols:

  • Valdosta State University (about 14 miles; Valdosta, GA; Full-time enrollment: 9,844)
  • Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (about 57 miles; Tifton, GA; FT enrollment: 2,475)
  • Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (about 75 miles; Tallahassee, FL; FT enrollment: 10,978)
  • Florida State University (about 76 miles; Tallahassee, FL; FT enrollment: 33,687)
  • Tallahassee Community College (about 78 miles; Tallahassee, FL; FT enrollment: 7,553)
  • Santa Fe College (about 84 miles; Gainesville, FL; FT enrollment: 6,616)
  • Albany State University (about 85 miles; Albany, GA; FT enrollment: 3,507)

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Churches in West Echols include: Bethel Church (A), Sardis Church (B), Wrights Chapel (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: Howell Branch (A), Rentz Branch (B), Grand Bay Creek (C), Enoch Creek (D), Cranford Branch (E), Connell Branch (F), Mud Swamp (G), Martin Branch (H), Long Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 
Echols County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
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Air Quality Index (AQI)

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 31.4. This is about average.
City:

31.4
U.S.:

32.0
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.64. This is about average. Closest monitor was 14.1 miles away from the city center.
City:

9.64
U.S.:

9.59
Lead (Pb) [µ/m3] level in 2008 was 0.00219. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 14.1 miles away from the city center.
City:

0.00219
U.S.:

0.06353


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 2009:
This place:

30.7%
Whole state:

13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
This place:

14.5%
Whole state:

6.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West Echols, GA


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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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (70%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
  • Wood (4%)
  • Utility gas (2%)


2004 Presidential Election results in Echols County Georgia:


2008 Presidential Election results in Echols County Georgia:
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Religion statistics for West Echols (based on Echols County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 19.63%
Here19.6%
USA50.2%

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of convenience stores (with gas): 1
Echols County:

2.46 / 10,000 pop.
Georgia:

5.12 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Echols County:

9.2%
Georgia:

10.4%
Adult obesity rate:
Echols County:

28.8%
State:

27.8%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

19.4%
State:

14.6%

7.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($20,000 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

7.18%
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 Lowndes County, GA  3.14% ($19,893 average AGI)


9.12% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,578 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

9.12%
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 Lowndes County, GA  4.40% ($24,575 average AGI)

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.)
  • WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
  • WGSR (1570 AM; 50 kW; FERNANDINA BEACH, FL; Owner: RJM COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
  • WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
  • WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WVLD (1450 AM; 1 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)

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.)
  • WAFT (101.1 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: CHRISTIAN RADIO FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WDMG-FM (99.5 FM; DOUGLAS, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WYZK (96.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: C. D. J., INC.)
  • WWET (91.7 FM; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
  • WJYF (95.3 FM; NASHVILLE, GA; Owner: TIFTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WXHT (102.7 FM; MADISON, FL; Owner: MAGNUM BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKVH (91.9 FM; MONTICELLO, FL; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • WVGA (105.9 FM; LAKELAND, GA; Owner: RTG RADIO, LLC)
  • WSTI-FM (105.3 FM; QUITMAN, GA; Owner: MAGNUM BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WBTY (98.7 FM; HOMERVILLE, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING & INVESTMENT CO., INC.)

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)
  • W25CP (Channel 25; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WBVJ-LP (Channel 35; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
  • WVAG (Channel 44; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: HUTCHENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)


West Echols on our top lists:

  • #33 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Farm supplies merchant wholesalers"
  • #47 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Waiters and waitresses"
  • #84 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting"
  • #101 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Protective service occupations:"
  • #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003"

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