Boston, Georgia

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,359
Male Share of the Population	44.4%
Female Share of the Population	55.6%
Senior Citizens	20.5%
Employed Population 16+	478
Age of the Population	39

Families

% of people married	36%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	11.7%
Median Earnings25+	$23,339
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$23,469

Wealth

Median Family Income	$36,705
% Above Poverty Level	71.7%
% Below Poverty Level	28.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	24 minutes
% Working from Home	6.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.3%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	40.6%
Median Gross Rent	$665
Median House Value	$76,400

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	70.6%
Irish	5.5%
English	4.9%
German	3.2%
Italian	2.1%
Dutch	1%
Welsh	0.7%
French Except Basque	0.7%
Scottish	0.6%
Czech	0.4%
Norwegian	0.3%
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Boston Almanac

Category	Value
County	Thomas County
Standard Zip Codes	31626
Phone Area Codes	229
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	30.79
Approximate Longitude	-83.79

Boston Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	THOMASVILLE 3 NE
Distance	10.6 miles
Jan Temp	40 to 63 F
Apr Temp	53 to 79 F
Jul Temp	71 to 92 F
Oct Temp	56 to 81 F
Annual Precip	54 inches

Station	MONTICELLO 3 W
Distance	19.4 miles
Jan Temp	38 to 62 F
Apr Temp	52 to 78 F
Jul Temp	70 to 91 F
Oct Temp	54 to 80 F
Annual Precip	58.3 inches

Station	TALLAHASSEE MUNICIPAL AP
Distance	43 miles
Jan Temp	40 to 64 F
Apr Temp	53 to 80 F
Jul Temp	73 to 92 F
Oct Temp	57 to 81 F
Annual Precip	63.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Barwick	376	$41,750
Coolidge	592	$30,333
Ochlocknee	633	$36,250
Pavo	541	$48,750
Quitman	3,827	$31,133
Thomasville	18,706	$37,753

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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