Baxley vs Surrency

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

Baxley and Surrency 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 223 in Surrency). Surrency has the higher median household income ($31,141 vs $30,421 in Baxley). Baxley has the higher median home value ($75,300 vs $73,600 in Surrency).

Population, income & housing

	Baxley	Surrency
Population	4,971	223
Median age	39.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,421	$31,141
Median home value	$75,300	$73,600
Median gross rent	$699	—
Housing units	2,500	104
Homeownership rate	54.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxley	Surrency
Population	4,697 → 4,971 (+5.8%)	336 → 223 (-33.6%)
Median household income	$31,486 → $30,421 (-3.4%)	$25,000 → $31,141 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $75,300 (+13.6%)	$63,300 → $73,600 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $699 (+25.5%)	$633 → $806 (+27.3%)

Baxley

Population

4,6974,971

Median household income

$31,486$30,421

Median home value

$66,300$75,300

Median gross rent

$557$699

Surrency

Population

336223

Median household income

$25,000$31,141

Median home value

$63,300$73,600

Median gross rent

$633$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxley	Surrency
Under 5	4.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	24.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	24.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	1.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	2.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.1%
75 and over	9.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxley	Surrency
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	63.7%
Black or African American	28.9%	36.3%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxley	Surrency
No high school diploma	20.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	44.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxley	Surrency
Drove alone	76.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	19.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxley	Surrency
1-unit, detached	59.7%	55.8%
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%	44.2%

Poverty & households

	Baxley	Surrency
Poverty rate	28.5%	28.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1977	1975