Girard vs Sardis

A side-by-side comparison of Girard and Sardis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sardis has the higher population (920 vs 182 in Girard). Girard has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $53,077 in Sardis). Girard has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $64,200 in Sardis).

Population, income & housing

	Girard	Sardis
Population	182	920
Median age	36.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$53,077
Median home value	$85,000	$64,200
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	109	664
Homeownership rate	89.6%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girard	Sardis
Population	202 → 182 (-9.9%)	774 → 920 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$23,625 → $60,938 (+157.9%)	$23,750 → $53,077 (+123.5%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $85,000 (+36.0%)	$69,000 → $64,200 (-7.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$577 → $768 (+33.1%)

Girard

Population

202182

Median household income

$23,625$60,938

Median home value

$62,500$85,000

Sardis

Population

774920

Median household income

$23,750$53,077

Median home value

$69,000$64,200

Median gross rent

$577$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Girard	Sardis
Under 5	1.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	33.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	24.2%	19.6%
45 to 54	4.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	6.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	18.5%
75 and over	7.7%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girard	Sardis
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	38.7%
Black or African American	39.0%	58.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girard	Sardis
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	58.3%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girard	Sardis
Drove alone	100.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girard	Sardis
1-unit, detached	52.3%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.0%	44.0%

Poverty & households

	Girard	Sardis
Poverty rate	0.5%	19.7%
Average household size	3.79	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	38	25
Median year structure built	1981	1984