Gillsville vs Homer

A side-by-side comparison of Gillsville and Homer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Homer has the higher population (1,628 vs 315 in Gillsville). Homer has the higher median household income ($83,068 vs $79,375 in Gillsville). Homer has the higher median home value ($264,200 vs $263,800 in Gillsville).

Population, income & housing

	Gillsville	Homer
Population	315	1,628
Median age	40.8 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$83,068
Median home value	$263,800	$264,200
Median gross rent	$950	$1,032
Housing units	117	592
Homeownership rate	93.8%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gillsville	Homer
Population	270 → 315 (+16.7%)	1,257 → 1,628 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $79,375 (+44.3%)	$60,163 → $83,068 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$176,800 → $263,800 (+49.2%)	$170,000 → $264,200 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $950 (+11.0%)	$692 → $1,032 (+49.1%)

Gillsville

Population

270315

Median household income

$55,000$79,375

Median home value

$176,800$263,800

Median gross rent

$856$950

Homer

Population

1,2571,628

Median household income

$60,163$83,068

Median home value

$170,000$264,200

Median gross rent

$692$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gillsville	Homer
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	12.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	4.3%
75 and over	10.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gillsville	Homer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gillsville	Homer
No high school diploma	16.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	32.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gillsville	Homer
Drove alone	84.1%	86.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.3%
Other means	9.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gillsville	Homer
1-unit, detached	88.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Gillsville	Homer
Poverty rate	1.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1982	2001