Folkston vs Homeland

A side-by-side comparison of Folkston and Homeland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Folkston has the higher population (4,609 vs 877 in Homeland). Homeland has the higher median household income ($51,324 vs $45,453 in Folkston). Homeland has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $76,800 in Folkston).

Population, income & housing

	Folkston	Homeland
Population	4,609	877
Median age	37.6 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,453	$51,324
Median home value	$76,800	$78,100
Median gross rent	$833	$775
Housing units	1,657	377
Homeownership rate	62.1%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folkston	Homeland
Population	4,910 → 4,609 (-6.1%)	1,025 → 877 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$24,261 → $45,453 (+87.4%)	$40,313 → $51,324 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $76,800 (-2.9%)	$43,200 → $78,100 (+80.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $833 (+58.7%)	$675 → $775 (+14.8%)

Folkston

Population

4,9104,609

Median household income

$24,261$45,453

Median home value

$79,100$76,800

Median gross rent

$525$833

Homeland

Population

1,025877

Median household income

$40,313$51,324

Median home value

$43,200$78,100

Median gross rent

$675$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Folkston	Homeland
Under 5	5.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	22.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	23.3%	19.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.7%
75 and over	4.2%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folkston	Homeland
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	63.6%
Black or African American	47.6%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	2.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folkston	Homeland
No high school diploma	19.7%	18.4%
High school graduate	47.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folkston	Homeland
Drove alone	98.1%	87.4%
Carpooled	0.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.8%	3.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folkston	Homeland
1-unit, detached	57.3%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.4%	62.1%

Poverty & households

	Folkston	Homeland
Poverty rate	33.2%	21.7%
Average household size	2.50	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1968	1996