Payne, GA

Census Place

2017 Population

302

US Senator

Jon Ossoff

Democratic Party

US Senator

Raphael Warnock

Democratic Party

2017 Median Age

30.8

7.23% 1-year decrease

2017 Poverty Rate

53.6%

18% 1-year increase

2017 Median Household Income

$20,313

4.41% 1-year decline

2015 Median Property Value

$28,100

Economy

The economy of Payne, GA employs 106 people. In 2017, the largest industries in Payne, GA were Health Care & Social Assistance (27 people), Transportation & Warehousing (20 people), and Educational Services (16 people), and the highest paying industries were Health Care & Social Assistance ($29,844), Transportation & Warehousing ($29,167), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($29,167).

Employment

Occupations

106

2017 Value

± 87

2.91%

1 Year growth

± 114%

From 2016 to 2017, employment in Payne, GA grew at a rate of 2.91%, from 103 employees to 106 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Payne, GA, are Transportation Occupations (21 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (17 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (13 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Payne, GA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Georgia.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Georgia (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

106

2017 Value

± 87

2.91%

1 Year growth

± 114%

From 2016 to 2017, employment in Payne, GA grew at a rate of 2.91%, from 103 employees to 106 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Payne, GA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (27 people), Transportation & Warehousing (20 people), and Educational Services (16 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Payne, GA, though some of these residents may live in Payne, GA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$23,750

Median earning men ± $17,617

$22,045

Median earning women ± $8,656

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2017 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2017 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($28,906) and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($8,750).

Housing & Living

People in Payne, GA have an average commute time of 19.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Payne, GA is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$28,100

Median Property Value 2015

±$7,842

Median Property Taxes

±$42

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Payne, GA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Payne, GA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$20,313

Median Household Income

± $12,500

119

Number of Households

± 54

In 2017, the median household income of the 119 households in Payne, GA declined from $20,313 from the previous year's value of $21,250.

The following chart displays the households in Payne, GA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Payne, GA is from Georgia.

0.471

2024 Wage GINI in Georgia

0.471

2023 Wage GINI in Georgia

In 2024, the income inequality in Georgia was 0.471 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.104% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Georgia was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Georgia in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Georgia across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2017

Drove Alone (71.7%)
Carpooled (13.2%)
Bicycle (9.43%)

In 2017, 71.7% of workers in Payne, GA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (13.2%) and those who used a bicycle to get to work (9.43%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

19.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Payne, GA have a shorter commute time (19.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Payne, GA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Payne, GA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Payne, GA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Payne, GA have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

53.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Payne, GA (157 out of 293 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Males 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Payne, GA is Black, followed by White and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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