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Tifton city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Tifton city is a Census city of 17,210 people across 13.00 square miles of land, in Tift County. Median household income is $45,298, 40.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 24 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $29.0 m.
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Tifton
What Tifton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13 sq mi
- Water area0.2 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,324
- County holding the largest share of its areaTift County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Tifton
- Population17,210
- Median age34.8
- Population under 184,358
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over2,845
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent
- Households6,753
- Family households4,028
- Share of households that are families59.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Tifton
- Median household income$45,298
- Per capita income$25,191
- Civilian labor force7,189
- Employed6,945
- Unemployed244 plus or minus 122
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over10,970
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.7 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Tifton
- Housing units7,810
- Occupied units6,753
- Vacant units1,057 plus or minus 256
- Vacancy rate13.5 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied2,741
- Renter occupied4,012
- Ownership rate40.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$196,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$798
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.1 percent
- Single family units4,399
- Share single family56.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,766
- Share in buildings of two or more35.4 percent
- Mobile homes645 plus or minus 192
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Tifton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,403
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,678
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,251 plus or minus 318
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone75.1 percent
- Carpooled12.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home7.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Tifton (7(a))
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$28,986,600
- Average approval$1,207,775
- Median approval$556,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,386,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported308
- Jobs per approval12.8
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises41.7 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Tifton (504)
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$19,950,000
- Average approval$1,108,333
- Median approval$506,000
- Largest approval$5,499,000
- Jobs supported221
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs7
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Tifton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number130171
- Currently effective map date08/19/25
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Tift County, not Tifton
Tift County context, not Tifton figures
These are Tift County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Tifton measurements.
- Establishments in Tift County1,082
- Employment at those establishments, Tift County18,678
- Covered employment, Tift County22,007
- Average annual pay, Tift County$50,544
- Average weekly wage, Tift County$972
- Housing units permitted, Tift County176
- Of those, single family, Tift County116
- County product, 2024, Tift County$2,775,612,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tift County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tift County$45,540
Every figure in this section is published for Tift County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tifton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Tifton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tifton, Georgia?
17,210, in 6,753 households. Tifton city covers 13.00 square miles of land, which is 1,324 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tifton in?
Tift County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Tifton?
$45,298. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $196,200. Median gross rent is $798 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tifton businesses?
24 7(a) approvals totalling $29.0 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $556,600, plus 18 504 approvals worth $19.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tifton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tifton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tifton. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Tifton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Tifton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130171, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Tifton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tift 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 Tifton.
Is zoning published for Tifton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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