Meigs, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Meigs is a Census city of 924 people across 1.56 square miles of land, lying across Thomas County and Mitchell County. Median household income is $36,458, 65.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.3 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Meigs
What Meigs is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.56 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land594 plus or minus 171
- County holding the largest share of its areaThomas County, 82.2 percent
- Counties this place lies inThomas County 82.2 percent, Mitchell County 17.8 percent
Meigs crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Meigs
How many people live in Meigs
- Population924 plus or minus 266
- Median age29.8 plus or minus 7.7
- Population under 18322 plus or minus 99
- Share under 1834.8 percent
- Population 65 and over172 plus or minus 53
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households313 plus or minus 73
- Family households205 plus or minus 57
- Share of households that are families65.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Meigs
Income and work in Meigs
- Median household income$36,458 plus or minus $16,341
- Per capita income$12,728 plus or minus $3,256
- Civilian labor force280 plus or minus 106
- Employed247 plus or minus 108
- Unemployed33 plus or minus 21
- Unemployment rate11.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over556 plus or minus 152
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher72.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher5.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Meigs
Housing in Meigs
- Housing units381 plus or minus 81
- Occupied units313 plus or minus 73
- Vacant units68 plus or minus 35
- Vacancy rate17.8 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied204 plus or minus 66
- Renter occupied109 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate65.2 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$69,000 plus or minus $24,097
- Median gross rent, monthly$595 plus or minus $171
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.6 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Single family units150 plus or minus 57
- Share single family39.4 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Units in buildings of two or more74 plus or minus 34
- Share in buildings of two or more19.4 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Mobile homes157 plus or minus 44
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Meigs
How Meigs gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute241 plus or minus 107
- Commuting under 15 minutes21 plus or minus 24
- Share commuting under 15 minutes8.7 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more90 plus or minus 49
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.3 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Drove alone88.8 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Meigs
SBA loans in Meigs (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$2,255,000
- Average approval$2,255,000
- Median approval$2,255,000
- Largest approval$2,255,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Meigs, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Thomas County, not Meigs
Thomas County context, not Meigs figures
- Establishments in Thomas County1,220
- Covered employment, Thomas County20,952
- Average annual pay, Thomas County$55,040
- Housing units permitted, Thomas County213
Every figure in this section is published for Thomas County as a whole and is not a measurement of Meigs.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Meigs questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Meigs, Georgia?
924, in 313 households. Meigs city covers 1.56 square miles of land, which is 594 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Meigs in?
Meigs lies in more than one. By area it is 82.2 percent in Thomas County, 17.8 percent in Mitchell County. This page sits under Thomas County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Meigs?
$36,458. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $69,000. Median gross rent is $595 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Meigs businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $2.3 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $2,255,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Meigs, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Meigs borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Meigs. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Meigs figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Thomas County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Meigs.
Is zoning published for Meigs?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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