Pooler vs Port Wentworth

A side-by-side comparison of Pooler and Port Wentworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pooler has the higher population (27,235 vs 11,997 in Port Wentworth). Pooler has the higher median household income ($91,497 vs $78,861 in Port Wentworth). Pooler has the higher median home value ($289,000 vs $204,900 in Port Wentworth).

Population, income & housing

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
Population	27,235	11,997
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,497	$78,861
Median home value	$289,000	$204,900
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,648
Housing units	12,008	4,854
Homeownership rate	59.8%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
Population	23,858 → 27,235 (+14.2%)	8,463 → 11,997 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$79,426 → $91,497 (+15.2%)	$79,327 → $78,861 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $289,000 (+34.7%)	$160,700 → $204,900 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,625 (+30.0%)	$1,310 → $1,648 (+25.8%)

Pooler

Population

23,85827,235

Median household income

$79,426$91,497

Median home value

$214,500$289,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,625

Port Wentworth

Population

8,46311,997

Median household income

$79,327$78,861

Median home value

$160,700$204,900

Median gross rent

$1,310$1,648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
Under 5	6.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	19.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	8.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.8%
75 and over	3.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	37.6%
Black or African American	30.5%	48.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.2%	1.9%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
No high school diploma	7.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
Drove alone	79.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	3.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
1-unit, detached	61.7%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	16.9%
20 or more units	13.6%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Pooler	Port Wentworth
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2006	2005