Waycross, Georgia

Waycross population, 2020 to 2024

Waycross lost 257 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -53. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 127th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Waycross is 84% of it.

Waycross covers 11.88 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,151 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Waycross is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Waycross spans

Waycross crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 13,671 residents as follows; Ware County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waycross

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Waycross by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31501, 31503. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Waycross is

The Census internal point of Waycross is at 31.211000, -82.357700. Atlanta, the capital, is 211.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kingsland, GA (20,789 people), 42.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jacksonville, FL, 73.2 miles away.

Daylight in Waycross

At 31.21° N, Waycross gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waycross

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Blackshear, 8.3 miles away, with 3,658 people.