Meldrim, GA · standard
ZIP Code 31318
Effingham County, Georgia - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 341
- 97/sq mi
- $78,036
- Median income
- 2.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Meldrim pairs an above-median household income, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 41%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 97
- people per sq mi
- 92%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 31318 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 31318 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Meldrim, Effingham County, Georgia, home to just 341 residents across 3.5 square miles, a density of 97 people per square mile, in the New York time zone.
ZIP 31318 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $78,036 (11% above the average Georgia ZIP), while per-capita income is $36,818. The poverty rate is 10.9%, with unemployment at 0.0%; those measures add context to the income figure. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 2.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 51.8, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 5 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Effingham County, so 31318 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 31318, Meldrim, GA · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
341
Population
3.5
Area (sq mi)
97
People / sq mi
New York
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 31318?
51.8
Median Age
38.4%
Male
61.6%
Female
0.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$78,036
Median Household Income
+11% vs state ZIP avg
$36,818
Per Capita Income
10.9%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
255
Total Housing Units
189
Occupied Units
66
Vacant Units
2.39
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
1986
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 31318 vs 31302 →
ZIP 31318 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 31419
Savannah (31419)
50,954 residents
- 31322
Pooler (31322)
21,137 residents
- 31302 7,853
Bloomingdale (31302)
7,853 residents
- 31308 7,305
Ellabell (31308)
7,305 residents
- 31307 998
Eden (31307)
998 residents
- 31318 341
Meldrim (31318)
341 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 31318 ranks #6 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 31318 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 31307
Eden (31307)
$105,679 median income
- 31322
Pooler (31322)
$91,344 median income
- 31318
Meldrim (31318)
$78,036 median income
- 31308
Ellabell (31308)
$73,061 median income
- 31419
Savannah (31419)
$69,635 median income
- 31302
Bloomingdale (31302)
$68,998 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 31318 ranks #3 of 6 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.