Metter vs Pulaski

A side-by-side comparison of Metter and Pulaski: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Metter has the higher population (3,976 vs 216 in Pulaski). Pulaski has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $36,111 in Metter). Metter has the higher median home value ($149,700 vs $80,000 in Pulaski).

Population, income & housing

	Metter	Pulaski
Population	3,976	216
Median age	46.6 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,111	$58,750
Median home value	$149,700	$80,000
Median gross rent	$660	—
Housing units	1,944	64
Homeownership rate	49.5%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Metter	Pulaski
Population	3,960 → 3,976 (+0.4%)	305 → 216 (-29.2%)
Median household income	$23,170 → $36,111 (+55.9%)	$42,321 → $58,750 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $149,700 (+37.2%)	$95,400 → $80,000 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $660 (+9.5%)	—

Metter

Population

3,9603,976

Median household income

$23,170$36,111

Median home value

$109,100$149,700

Median gross rent

$603$660

Pulaski

Population

305216

Median household income

$42,321$58,750

Median home value

$95,400$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Metter	Pulaski
Under 5	3.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	3.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	31.9%
65 to 74	14.9%	17.6%
75 and over	10.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Metter	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	67.1%
Black or African American	27.1%	28.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Metter	Pulaski
No high school diploma	23.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Metter	Pulaski
Drove alone	81.0%	94.2%
Carpooled	14.7%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Metter	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	59.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	37.5%

Poverty & households

	Metter	Pulaski
Poverty rate	16.6%	2.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1982	1994