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Hortense, GA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hortense, GA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,796. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet HORTENSE-GA · Hortense, GA 1 ZIPs · 4,796 pop · #21718/25278 · Brantley County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,181
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21718/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hoboken
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 93% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,796
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $81,900

Nearest income peer: Hoboken, GA (+ $757 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Hortense

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hortense on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hortense, GA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,796
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,181
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($50,181 average) · poverty 12.6%. The primary code (31543) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (92.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Georgia, Donalsonville is the closest lower-income city and Hawkinsville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hortense.

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ZIP Codes in Hortense, GA

These ZIP codes sit in Brantley County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hortense. See the Brantley County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Brantley County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Hortense, Nahunta and Waynesville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Waynesville marks the far end of that range at $60,703, 21% above Hortense.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
31543 4,796 15 America/New_York

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Hortense, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

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