Higgston, Georgia

Demographics

People

Total Population	433
Male Share of the Population	52%
Female Share of the Population	48%
Senior Citizens	17.6%
Employed Population 16+	160
Age of the Population	35

Families

% of people married	57.4%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	14.8%
Median Earnings25+	$23,542
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$23,281
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$22,500

Wealth

Median Family Income	$39,375
% Above Poverty Level	57.7%
% Below Poverty Level	42.3%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	1.9%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	30.1%
Median Gross Rent	$651
Median House Value	$108,700

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	46.9%
English	19.2%
Irish	6.2%
Scottish	4.6%
German	1.6%
Haitian	1.4%
West Indian	1.4%
African	1.2%
Polish	0.9%
Slovak	0.7%
Norwegian	0.5%
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Higgston Almanac

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Time Zone
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Higgston 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	AILEY
Distance	6.3 miles
Jan Temp	38 to 61 F
Apr Temp	53 to 79 F
Jul Temp	71 to 93 F
Oct Temp	55 to 80 F
Annual Precip	45.6 inches

Station	LUMBER CITY
Distance	24.3 miles
Jan Temp	35 to 60 F
Apr Temp	50 to 79 F
Jul Temp	70 to 93 F
Oct Temp	52 to 80 F
Annual Precip	44.4 inches

Station	METTER
Distance	26.6 miles
Jan Temp	39 to 61 F
Apr Temp	53 to 80 F
Jul Temp	71 to 94 F
Oct Temp	56 to 80 F
Annual Precip	49.3 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Ailey	610	$84,792
Alston	154	$59,375
Lyons	4,364	$24,636
Mount Vernon	2,311	$40,517
Santa Claus	221	$36,667
Vidalia	10,674	$43,276

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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