Talahi Island vs Vernonburg

A side-by-side comparison of Talahi Island and Vernonburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Talahi Island has the higher population (1,028 vs 130 in Vernonburg). Vernonburg has the higher median household income ($175,833 vs $110,573 in Talahi Island). Since 2019, Vernonburg's population has grown faster (+15.0% vs -30.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
Population	1,028	130
Median age	51.9 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,573	$175,833
Median home value	$508,400	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,750
Housing units	443	63
Homeownership rate	96.6%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	81.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
Population	1,472 → 1,028 (-30.2%)	113 → 130 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$99,946 → $110,573 (+10.6%)	$137,917 → $175,833 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$383,200 → $508,400 (+32.7%)	$625,000 → $781,300 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,750 → $1,750 (+0.0%)

Talahi Island

Population

1,4721,028

Median household income

$99,946$110,573

Median home value

$383,200$508,400

Vernonburg

Population

113130

Median household income

$137,917$175,833

Median home value

$625,000$781,300

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	3.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	3.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	30.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.9%
75 and over	15.6%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	10.9%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	50.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
Drove alone	81.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	25.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
1-unit, detached	98.2%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Talahi Island	Vernonburg
Poverty rate	3.8%	1.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1980	1966