Americus vs Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Americus and Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

Americus and Plains are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Americus has the higher population (15,910 vs 713 in Plains). Americus has the higher median household income ($39,527 vs $38,131 in Plains). Plains has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $113,500 in Americus).

Population, income & housing

	Americus	Plains
Population	15,910	713
Median age	29.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,527	$38,131
Median home value	$113,500	$253,500
Median gross rent	$825	$875
Housing units	7,283	295
Homeownership rate	32.4%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Americus	Plains
Population	15,503 → 15,910 (+2.6%)	640 → 713 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$33,347 → $39,527 (+18.5%)	$30,417 → $38,131 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $113,500 (+31.7%)	$66,200 → $253,500 (+282.9%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $825 (+10.9%)	$671 → $875 (+30.4%)

Americus

Population

15,50315,910

Median household income

$33,347$39,527

Median home value

$86,200$113,500

Median gross rent

$744$825

Plains

Population

640713

Median household income

$30,417$38,131

Median home value

$66,200$253,500

Median gross rent

$671$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Americus	Plains
Under 5	7.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	38.7%
18 to 24	18.8%	0.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	0.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	18.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	5.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	13.7%
75 and over	7.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Americus	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	30.3%	36.2%
Black or African American	60.8%	59.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Americus	Plains
No high school diploma	14.4%	19.1%
High school graduate	34.8%	56.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	11.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Americus	Plains
Drove alone	69.4%	21.4%
Carpooled	12.0%	75.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	2.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Americus	Plains
1-unit, detached	57.3%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Americus	Plains
Poverty rate	28.7%	14.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1975	1949