Baxley vs Graham

A side-by-side comparison of Baxley and Graham: population, income, housing, and more.

Baxley and Graham are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baxley has the higher population (4,971 vs 618 in Graham). Graham has the higher median household income ($37,679 vs $30,421 in Baxley). Baxley has the higher median home value ($75,300 vs $53,800 in Graham).

Population, income & housing

	Baxley	Graham
Population	4,971	618
Median age	39.5 yrs	18.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,421	$37,679
Median home value	$75,300	$53,800
Median gross rent	$699	—
Housing units	2,500	151
Homeownership rate	54.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	2.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	24.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxley	Graham
Population	4,697 → 4,971 (+5.8%)	230 → 618 (+168.7%)
Median household income	$31,486 → $30,421 (-3.4%)	$47,222 → $37,679 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $75,300 (+13.6%)	$72,800 → $53,800 (-26.1%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $699 (+25.5%)	$656 → $819 (+24.8%)

Baxley

Population

4,6974,971

Median household income

$31,486$30,421

Median home value

$66,300$75,300

Median gross rent

$557$699

Graham

Population

230618

Median household income

$47,222$37,679

Median home value

$72,800$53,800

Median gross rent

$656$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxley	Graham
Under 5	4.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	23.2%	47.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	1.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	1.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.6%
75 and over	9.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxley	Graham
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	20.7%
Black or African American	28.9%	78.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxley	Graham
No high school diploma	20.0%	14.9%
High school graduate	44.0%	69.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxley	Graham
Drove alone	76.2%	88.9%
Carpooled	19.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxley	Graham
1-unit, detached	59.7%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	45.7%

Poverty & households

	Baxley	Graham
Poverty rate	28.5%	64.6%
Average household size	2.48	4.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1977	1979