Swift Creek, Georgia
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Males: 2,540 | (45.8%) |
Females: 3,002 | (54.2%) |
Median resident age: | 36.2 years |
Georgia median age: | 33.4 years |
Zip code: 31217
Swift Creek: | $44,654 |
GA: | $72,837 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $25,051 (it was $16,323 in 2000)
Swift Creek CCD income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $126,192 (it was $58,400 in 2000)
Swift Creek: | $126,192 |
GA: | $297,400 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $199,704; detached houses: $204,783; townhouses or other attached units: $182,594; in 2-unit structures: $139,104; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $117,341; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $241,784; mobile homes: $56,345
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Swift Creek, GA
- 3,40261.8%Black alone
- 1,95935.6%White alone
- 881.6%Hispanic
- 310.6%Two or more races
- 140.3%Asian alone
- 60.1%American Indian alone
- 40.07%Other race alone
- 10.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Races in Swift Creek detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Elevation: 900 feet
Land area: 32.1 square miles.
Population density: 172 people per square mile (very low).
Swift Creek CCD: | 0.6% ($342) |
Georgia: | 0.9% ($919) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Macon, GA (4.4 miles , pop. 97,255).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Atlanta, GA (81.3 miles , pop. 416,474).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (663.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 32.82 N, Longitude: 83.56 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 478
Here: | 3.5% |
Georgia: | 2.9% |
- Educational services (9.6%)
- Health care (9.0%)
- Finance & insurance (6.5%)
- Construction (5.9%)
- Accommodation & food services (4.0%)
- Public administration (4.0%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (3.6%)
- Construction (11.1%)
- Beverage & tobacco products (6.2%)
- Educational services (6.1%)
- Public administration (5.6%)
- Other transportation, support activities, couriers (5.4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4.5%)
- Hardware, plumbing & heating equipment, supplies merchant wholesalers (3.9%)
- Health care (16.0%)
- Educational services (12.8%)
- Finance & insurance (9.5%)
- Accommodation & food services (6.7%)
- Social assistance (6.4%)
- Department & other general merchandise stores (5.0%)
- Real estate & rental & leasing (4.0%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6.8%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5.0%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (4.3%)
- Cashiers (4.1%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3.5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (3.2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12.4%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (10.7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8.0%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (5.7%)
- Bus drivers (5.4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5.2%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.3%)
- Cashiers (7.9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6.1%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (4.9%)
- Customer service representatives (4.7%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (4.7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4.2%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.1%)
Average climate in Swift Creek, Georgia
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2023 was 90.5. This is worse than average.
City: | 90.5 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2023 was 1.31. This is about average. Closest monitor was 1.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 1.31 |
U.S.: | 1.51 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2022 was 23.4. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 1.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 23.4 |
U.S.: | 33.3 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2023 was 10.8. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 1.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 10.8 |
U.S.: | 8.1 |
Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2018 was 0.00153. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 1.3 miles away from the city center.
City: | 0.00153 |
U.S.: | 0.00931 |
Tornado activity:
Swift Creek-area historical tornado activity is near Georgia state average. It is 17% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/30/1953, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.2 miles away from the Swift Creek place center killed 18 people and injured 300 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 11/22/1992, a category F4 tornado 25.9 miles away from the place center killed 5 people and injured 86 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Swift Creek-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Georgia state average. It is 7% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 8/2/1974 at 08:52:09, a magnitude 4.9 (4.3 MB, 4.9 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 95.7 miles away from Swift Creek center
On 4/29/2003 at 08:59:39, a magnitude 4.9 (4.4 MB, 4.6 MW, 4.9 LG) earthquake occurred 166.2 miles away from Swift Creek center
On 4/29/2003 at 08:59:39, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MW, Depth: 12.3 mi) earthquake occurred 166.2 miles away from Swift Creek center
On 11/22/1974 at 05:25:55, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB) earthquake occurred 198.5 miles away from Swift Creek center
On 1/18/1999 at 07:00:53, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 217.8 miles away from Swift Creek center
On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML) earthquake occurred 207.5 miles away from Swift Creek center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Bibb County (10) is smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5
Emergencies Declared: 4
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 4, Storms: 3, Tornadoes: 3, Tropical Storms: 2, Winter Storms: 2, Drought: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Snowfall: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Swift Creek:
- EASTVIEW NH (Nursing Home, about 2 miles away; MACON, GA)
- EASTVIEW NURSING CENTER (Nursing Home, about 2 miles away; MACON, GA)
- ROSEWOOD NURSING CENTER, INC (Nursing Home, about 4 miles away; MACON, GA)
- DSI MACON DIALYSIS (Dialysis Facility, about 4 miles away; MACON, GA)
- CHARTER LAKE BEHAVIORAL HLTH SYSTEM (Hospital, about 4 miles away; MACON, GA)
- KIDNEY DIALYSIS CENTER LLC (Dialysis Facility, about 4 miles away; MACON, GA)
- COLISEUM PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (Hospital, about 4 miles away; MACON, GA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Swift Creek:
- Mercer University (about 6 miles; Macon, GA; Full-time enrollment: 6,297)
- Middle Georgia State College (about 10 miles; Macon, GA; FT enrollment: 7,091)
- Central Georgia Technical College (about 20 miles; Warner Robins, GA; FT enrollment: 6,829)
- Georgia College and State University (about 27 miles; Milledgeville, GA; FT enrollment: 6,271)
- Georgia Military College-Distance Learning Campuses (about 27 miles; Milledgeville, GA; FT enrollment: 6,438)
- Fort Valley State University (about 28 miles; Fort Valley, GA; FT enrollment: 3,200)
- Gordon State College (about 38 miles; Barnesville, GA; FT enrollment: 3,336)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Swift Creek: Macon - Bibb County Fire Department Station 101 (A), Georgia Forestry Commission (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Swift Creek include: Swift Creek Baptist Church (A), Lanier Heights Church (B), Faith Church (C), Ocmulgee Church (D), Union Chapel (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Andrews Cemetery (1), Stone Creek Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Black Lake (A), Edwards Lake (B), Sawyer Lake (C), Stone Lake (D), Bond Swamp (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Walnut Creek (A), Swift Creek (B), Hall Branch (C), Donnan Branch (D), Boggy Branch (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
This place: | 2.7 people |
Georgia: | 2.6 people |
This place: | 57.1% |
Whole state: | 70.7% |
This place: | 4.6% |
Whole state: | 4.8% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
This place: | 18.9% |
Whole state: | 13.0% |
This place: | 6.3% |
Whole state: | 6.1% |
People in group quarters in Swift Creek in 2000:
- 137 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 93 people in nursing homes
- 50 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
For population 15 years and over in Swift Creek:
- Never married: 27.7%
- Now married: 50.8%
- Separated: 3.8%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 12.9%
For population 25 years and over in Swift Creek:
- High school or higher: 65.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 10.6%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.1 minutes
Here: | 13.2 |
Georgia average: | 13.3 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Swift Creek, GA (based on Bibb County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 50,855 | 134 |
Black Protestant | 17,209 | 52 |
Mainline Protestant | 16,435 | 34 |
Catholic | 6,153 | 3 |
Other | 3,006 | 10 |
Orthodox | 200 | 2 |
None | 61,689 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
This county: | 2.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Georgia: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Bibb County: | 0.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Georgia: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.49 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Bibb County: | 8.01 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 7.82 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Bibb County: | 12.8% |
Georgia: | 10.4% |
Here: | 30.8% |
Georgia: | 27.8% |
Here: | 12.1% |
State: | 14.6% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Swift Creek:
- WLCG (1280 AM; 5 kW; MACON, GA)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WXJO (1120 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GORDON, GA; Owner: ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WBML (900 AM; 2 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: WBML, INC.)
- WNNG (1350 AM; 15 kW; WARNER ROBINS, GA; Owner: CHASE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WDEN (1500 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WDDO (1240 AM; 1 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WNEX (1400 AM; 1 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: RADIO PEACH, INC)
- WPGA (980 AM; 5 kW; PERRY, GA; Owner: RADIO PERRY, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Swift Creek:
- WAYS (105.5 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WDEN-FM (99.1 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WBKG (88.9 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WMKS (92.3 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- W203BH (88.5 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WPEZ (93.7 FM; JEFFERSONVILLE, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFXM (107.1 FM; GORDON, GA; Owner: ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W282AE (104.3 FM; MACON, GA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WQBZ (106.3 FM; FORT VALLEY, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WYNF (96.5 FM; GRAY, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WPWB (90.5 FM; BYRON, GA; Owner: AUGUSTA RADIO FELLOWSHIP INST., INC.)
- WRBV (101.7 FM; WARNER ROBINS, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WDCO-FM (89.7 FM; COCHRAN, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WQMJ (100.1 FM; FORSYTH, GA; Owner: ROBERTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WIBB-FM (97.9 FM; FORT VALLEY, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WJTG (91.3 FM; FORT VALLEY, GA; Owner: JOY PUBLIC B/CNG CORP)
- W202BA (88.3 FM; WARNER ROBINS, GA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WPGA-FM (100.9 FM; PERRY, GA; Owner: RADIO PERRY, INC.)
- WELV-FM (102.5 FM; WARNER ROBINS, GA; Owner: CLEVELAND RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WMGB (95.1 FM; MONTEZUMA, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Swift Creek:
- WMGT-TV (Channel 41; MACON, GA; Owner: MORRIS NETWORK, INC.)
- WPGA-TV (Channel 58; PERRY, GA; Owner: RADIO PERRY, INC.)
- WMAZ-TV (Channel 13; MACON, GA; Owner: GANNETT GEORGIA, L.P.)
- WGXA (Channel 24; MACON, GA; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF MACON LICENSE LLC)
- WGNM (Channel 64; MACON, GA; Owner: GOOD NEWS TELEVISION)
- WDMA-LP (Channel 32; MACON, GA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- WDCO-TV (Channel 29; COCHRAN, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- 73.1%Utility gas
- 17.2%Electricity
- 8.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.4%Wood
- 0.3%No fuel used
- 62.7%Utility gas
- 26.2%Electricity
- 11.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Swift Creek compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Swift Creek on our top lists:
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: bus drivers (population 5,000+)"
- #1 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #3 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: beverage and tobacco products (population 5,000+)"
- #6 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: nonmetallic mineral products (population 5,000+)"
- #8 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: driver/sales workers and truck drivers (population 5,000+)"
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (population 5,000+)"
- #13 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (population 5,000+)"
- #18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (population 5,000+)"
- #19 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #23 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (population 5,000+)"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (population 5,000+)"
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in training schools for juvenile delinquents (population 1,000+)"
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: driver/sales workers and truck drivers (population 5,000+)"
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (population 5,000+)"
- #26 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: supervisors of construction and extraction workers (population 5,000+)"
- #33 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children (population 1,000+)"
- #46 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (population 5,000+)"
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: beverage and tobacco products (population 5,000+)"
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: rail transportation (population 5,000+)"
- #59 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest lead air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest lead air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
- #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"