Demographics of Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia

Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia had 10,868 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +553 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Fort Oglethorpe city, in four figures

10,868
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,416 ±146.; +5.4%
Change since July 2020: +553 people.; 42.9 ±2.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $51,867 ±$4,670
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia's population grew 5.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia's population grew 5.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,315	100.0	100.0
2021	10,421	101.0	100.2
2022	10,510	101.9	100.7
2023	10,590	102.7	101.6
2024	10,664	103.4	102.5
2025	10,868	105.4	103.1

Population of Fort Oglethorpe city, Georgia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,315	—
2021	10,421	+106
2022	10,510	+89
2023	10,590	+80
2024	10,664	+74
2025	10,868	+204

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.9 ±2.9: for men 40.2 ±6.1 and for women 49.5 ±9.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Fort Oglethorpe city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	424 ±170	4.1% ±1.6	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,377 ±317	13.2% ±3.0	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	878 ±247	8.4% ±2.4	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,816 ±431	27.0% ±4.1	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,116 ±364	20.3% ±3.5	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,805 ±483	26.9% ±4.6	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $51,867 ±$4,670, and income per person $29,430 ±$2,348, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,353 ±$407 in Georgia and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Fort Oglethorpe city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	898 ±243	19.5% ±5.2	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,293 ±360	28.0% ±7.6	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	893 ±268	19.3% ±5.7	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	664 ±220	14.4% ±4.7	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	609 ±235	13.2% ±5.0	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	53 to 241	1.2% to 5.2%	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	19 to 203	0.4% to 4.4%	11.9% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Fort Oglethorpe city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	1,111 ±387	11.1% ±3.9	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	210 to 624	23.7% ±10.7	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	477 ±186	8.9% ±3.4	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	108 to 326	7.5% ±3.4	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Fort Oglethorpe city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fort Oglethorpe city	Georgia	United States
Housing units	5,071 ±302	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	91.0% ±7.6	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.0% ±3.4	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	47.1% ±5.2	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	52.9% ±5.5	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$199,700 ±$15,509	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$937 ±$151	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1994 ±6	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Fort Oglethorpe city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	56 to 680	0.5% to 6.5%	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,066 ±437	87.0% ±4.0	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	269 ±117	2.6% ±1.1	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	41 to 267	0.4% to 2.6%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.2%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	269 to 837	2.6% to 8.0%	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Fort Oglethorpe city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	3,084 ±547	29.6% ±5.2	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,829 ±578	65.6% ±5.5	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	17 to 185	0.2% to 1.8%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	148 to 656	1.4% to 6.3%	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	53 to 415	0.5% to 4.0%	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 356	0% to 3.4%	5.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Fort Oglethorpe city among the places of Georgia

109th of 167 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Places of Georgia near Fort Oglethorpe city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Flowery Branch city	10,925 ±32
Vidalia city	10,752 ±111
Scottdale CDP	10,542 ±1,543
Locust Grove city	10,532 ±24
Garden City city	10,426 ±25
Fort Oglethorpe city	10,416 ±146
Cedartown city	10,227 ±22
Cairo city	10,055 ±41
Cordele city	9,994 ±23
Jesup city	9,942 ±20
Thomaston city	9,831 ±26

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in Georgia by median age
No. 53 Places in Georgia by poverty rate
No. 70 Places in Georgia by per capita income
No. 77 Places in Georgia by homeownership rate
No. 91 Places in Georgia by median household income
No. 100 Places in Georgia by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026