Pooler vs Savannah

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

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

Savannah has the higher population (147,546 vs 27,235 in Pooler). Pooler has the higher median household income ($91,497 vs $56,782 in Savannah). Pooler has the higher median home value ($289,000 vs $225,200 in Savannah).

Population, income & housing

	Pooler	Savannah
Population	27,235	147,546
Median age	39.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,497	$56,782
Median home value	$289,000	$225,200
Median gross rent	$1,625	$1,302
Housing units	12,008	68,153
Homeownership rate	59.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pooler	Savannah
Population	23,858 → 27,235 (+14.2%)	145,403 → 147,546 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$79,426 → $91,497 (+15.2%)	$43,307 → $56,782 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$214,500 → $289,000 (+34.7%)	$156,500 → $225,200 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,625 (+30.0%)	$1,019 → $1,302 (+27.8%)

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

Savannah

Population

145,403147,546

Median household income

$43,307$56,782

Median home value

$156,500$225,200

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pooler	Savannah
Under 5	6.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	13.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.1%
75 and over	3.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pooler	Savannah
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	35.5%
Black or African American	30.5%	51.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pooler	Savannah
No high school diploma	7.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pooler	Savannah
Drove alone	79.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	0.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.5%	10.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pooler	Savannah
1-unit, detached	61.7%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	13.6%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Pooler	Savannah
Poverty rate	6.4%	19.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	2006	1971