Santa Claus vs Vidalia

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Claus and Vidalia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vidalia has the higher population (10,762 vs 171 in Santa Claus). Santa Claus has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $53,393 in Vidalia). Vidalia has the higher median home value ($160,300 vs $108,300 in Santa Claus).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
Population	171	10,762
Median age	37.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,214	$53,393
Median home value	$108,300	$160,300
Median gross rent	$1,016	$731
Housing units	82	4,550
Homeownership rate	71.4%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
Population	266 → 171 (-35.7%)	10,409 → 10,762 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $73,214 (+25.5%)	$40,621 → $53,393 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $108,300 (+38.3%)	$118,600 → $160,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $1,016 (+39.0%)	$584 → $731 (+25.2%)

Santa Claus

Population

266171

Median household income

$58,333$73,214

Median home value

$78,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$731$1,016

Vidalia

Population

10,40910,762

Median household income

$40,621$53,393

Median home value

$118,600$160,300

Median gross rent

$584$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
Under 5	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.4%
75 and over	14.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	51.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	34.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
No high school diploma	14.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
Drove alone	71.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.4%
Other means	13.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
1-unit, detached	87.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Santa Claus	Vidalia
Poverty rate	5.8%	24.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	38	22
Median year structure built	1972	1980