Map the Block › Places › Georgia › Tift County
What are the crime rate and median income in Tift County, Georgia?
Median household income is $53,255 and the unemployment rate was 3.3% in August 2026. About 41,438 people live in the county.
Last updated . Crime: FBI 2021-2025. Income and housing: Census ACS 2020-2024. Unemployment: BLS August 2026. Road work: October 11, 2026.
Also on the map: income · hazard risk · Superfund · dams
What is the crime rate in Tift County?
We don't show a crime rate for Tift County: from Georgia GBI/GCIC county summary, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 average; the state does not say which agencies are missing, so counts may be partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Tift County?
Median household income is $53,255, 31% lower than the statewide figure ($77,353). Owner-occupied homes have a median value of $165,200, and the median rent is $777 a month. 17.7% of households received SNAP benefits in the past year (state: 12.3%). The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.3% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 633 people out of work and looking.
| Census ACS 2020-2024 | Tift County | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 41,438 | 10,940,407 | 334,922,499 |
| Median household income | $53,255 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $165,200 | $303,300 | $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $777 | $1,393 | $1,413 |
| Unemployment rate (2020-2024 average) | 2.8% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| People below the poverty line | 20.8% | 13.4% | 12.5% |
| Households receiving SNAP (food stamps) | 17.7% | 12.3% | 12.1% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 21.0% | 34.9% | 35.7% |
| Homeowner households | 61.0% | 65.7% | 65.2% |
| Median age | 37.6 | 37.6 | 38.9 |
| Households with broadband internet | 78.3% | 91.0% | 91.0% |
| People without health insurance | 14.5% | 12.4% | 8.4% |
What natural hazards and environmental sites are in Tift County?
Tift County carries a “Relatively Low” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. None of the seven hazards on our map (floods, wildfire, tornadoes, heat, earthquakes, hurricanes) is rated above “Relatively Moderate” here. The index compares counties with each other and also weighs how vulnerable and resilient a community is, so it is a long-run estimate, not a forecast.
Superfund sites
1 Superfund site is on or proposed for EPA's National Priorities List in Tift County: Marzone Inc./Chevron Chemical Co.. A listing means EPA is managing a long-term cleanup; it does not by itself mean anyone is exposed today.
High-hazard dams
Tift County has 1 dam classed as high hazard in the National Inventory of Dams. The tallest is Lake Larry Dam (10 ft). “High hazard” describes what lies downstream (people would probably die if the dam failed), not how likely the dam is to fail.
Industrial chemical releases
6 facilities in the county filed Toxics Release Inventory reports for 2024, together reporting 3,758 pounds of listed chemicals released on site. Reported releases are legal permitted amounts in most cases.
Disasters, air and water
Tift County was covered by 5 federal major disaster declarations from 2016 through 2025 (Hurricane 4, Tropical Storm 1), not counting COVID-19. Of 8 community water systems, none had an open health-based drinking-water violation in EPA's records (September 2026). EPA puts the county in radon zone 3 (low). NHTSA counted 11 traffic deaths in the county in 2024, including 3 pedestrians.
Is there road construction in Tift County?
Georgia does not publish an open highway work-zone feed that we can read yet, so road construction in Tift County is not on our map. Check the state's 511 traveler site for current closures.
See today's work zones on the map →
How many schools, nursing homes and parks are in Tift County?
Tift County has 11 public schools (2024-25) and 3 private schools (2023-24) in federal school lists. 2 nursing homes are certified by Medicare or Medicaid here; star ratings for each are on the map and on Medicare's Care Compare. USGS mapping shows 9 fire or EMS stations and 3 police or sheriff stations.
Gun shops, liquor stores and Planned Parenthood in Tift County
Gun shops
6 gun shops with a public storefront are on the map in Tift County, plus 7 more licensed dealers without a public storefront (not shown). 3 of them are pawnshops licensed to sell guns. On the ATF list: Action Pawn (Tifton), Nuke Town Mercantile LLC (Tifton), Sports Center (Tifton), Tift Area Pawn Shop (Tifton), Tift County Trade And Pawn LLC (Tifton) and Walmart #1072 (Tifton).
Liquor stores
6 liquor stores are on the map in Tift County: 41 Beverage Shop (Tifton), Chick Gatewood Sales Co (Tifton), HomeTown 41 (Tifton), Liquor Land (Tifton), New River Package Store and Southern Spirits Tifton (Tifton). Georgia has no complete public liquor licence list we can use, so this count also draws on OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps and may miss some stores or include closed ones.
Planned Parenthood
There is no Planned Parenthood health center in Tift County on the map.
See them on the map: gun shops · liquor stores →
Sources: ATF licensee list (Sept 2026); state liquor licence lists, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (non-official; partial in some states); HHS Title X directory and CMS NPPES.
Common questions
What is the crime rate in Tift County?
We don't show a crime rate for Tift County: from Georgia GBI/GCIC county summary, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 average; the state does not say which agencies are missing, so counts may be partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Tift County?
$53,255 (Census American Community Survey, 2020-2024 average), compared with $77,353 for Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the unemployment rate in Tift County?
The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.3% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 633 people out of work and looking.
What natural hazards affect Tift County?
Tift County carries a “Relatively Low” overall rating in FEMA's National Risk Index. None of the seven hazards on our map (floods, wildfire, tornadoes, heat, earthquakes, hurricanes) is rated above “Relatively Moderate” here.
Are there Superfund sites in Tift County?
1 Superfund site is on or proposed for EPA's National Priorities List in Tift County: Marzone Inc./Chevron Chemical Co..
How many nursing homes are in Tift County?
2 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes (CMS provider data, September 2026).
How does Tift County compare with neighboring counties?
| County | Population | Violent crimes per 1,000 (2021-25) | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrien County | 18,352 | 2.9 | $52,876 |
| Colquitt County | 46,224 | – | $49,341 |
| Cook County | 17,532 | – | $53,651 |
| Irwin County | 9,285 | 2.8 | $51,384 |
| Turner County | 8,939 | – | $36,799 |
| Worth County | 20,451 | 3.1 | $58,694 |
More: Georgia statewide numbers · Sex-offender registry search (U.S. Justice Department, NSOPW)
Where do these numbers come from?
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting 2021-2025 (agency level, Return A), averaged and summed by county by Map the Block; Census population; state and national rates: FBI estimated crimes 2021-2025.
- Income, housing, education: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013 (median household income) and related tables.
- Monthly unemployment: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), county data, not seasonally adjusted. Public domain.
- Hazards: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores; disasters: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
- Superfund: U.S. EPA, Superfund site boundaries and NPL status (October 2026). Dams: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Inventory of Dams (public map service, October 2026). Chemical releases: U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory, reporting year 2024 (basic data file).
- Air and water: U.S. EPA AirData, annual AQI by county 2024; EPA Air Quality Design Values 2023-2025 (June 2026); U.S. EPA SDWIS via ECHO drinking-water download (September 30, 2026). Traffic deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2024; Census population.
- Work zones: State departments of transportation, via the U.S. DOT Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) and state 511 feeds; refreshed every morning (snapshot October 11, 2026).
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE public school locations 2024-25; budgets: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2024; National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE Private School geocodes (Private School Survey 2023-24). Nursing homes: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Provider Information and Penalties (September 2026). Stations: U.S. Geological Survey, National Structures Dataset (Fire Stations/EMS Stations), October 2026 pull.
- Parks: USGS Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US 4.1); state park agencies' open data (CA, NY, PA, TN, TX, FL, NJ, KY, HI, UT, MT and others); OpenStreetMap contributors for some hours, phones, fees and camping; U.S. National Park Service: unit boundaries (Land Resources Division), Acreage Report (Sept 30, 2026), park pages on nps.gov (hours, fees), Visitor Use Statistics (2025).
Map the Block shows public statistics about places, not people, and does not rate or rank neighborhoods as places to live. Figures are as published by each source; check the source before relying on a number.
Home · Open the map · All places · About the data · Privacy · Terms