Port Wentworth is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,468 people and two associated neighborhoods, Port Wentworth is the 92nd largest community in Georgia. Much of the housing stock in Port Wentworth was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Port Wentworth economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Port Wentworth, where the median household income is $78,861.00.
In Port Wentworth, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Port Wentworth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Port Wentworth is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.16% of adults in Port Wentworth have a college degree.
The per capita income in Port Wentworth in 2022 was $30,847, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,388 for a family of four. However, Port Wentworth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Port Wentworth is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Port Wentworth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port Wentworth residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Port Wentworth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Port Wentworth include German, Irish, English, Italian, and African.
The most common language spoken in Port Wentworth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.