Chauncey vs Empire

A side-by-side comparison of Chauncey and Empire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Empire has the higher population (447 vs 324 in Chauncey). Chauncey has the higher median household income ($63,214 vs $60,250 in Empire). Since 2019, Empire's population has grown faster (+18.9% vs -9.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Chauncey	Empire
Population	324	447
Median age	35.9 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$60,250
Median home value	—	$97,600
Median gross rent	$635	—
Housing units	145	152
Homeownership rate	59.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauncey	Empire
Population	359 → 324 (-9.7%)	376 → 447 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $63,214 (+90.8%)	$46,250 → $60,250 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $54,500 (+1.9%)	$59,500 → $97,600 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $635 (+9.3%)	—

Chauncey

Population

359324

Median household income

$33,125$63,214

Median home value

$53,500$54,500

Median gross rent

$581$635

Empire

Population

376447

Median household income

$46,250$60,250

Median home value

$59,500$97,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauncey	Empire
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.8%	5.4%
18 to 24	2.5%	12.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	32.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	20.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	4.0%
75 and over	3.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauncey	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	34.9%	67.8%
Black or African American	64.2%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauncey	Empire
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	42.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauncey	Empire
Drove alone	89.9%	55.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauncey	Empire
1-unit, detached	46.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
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	52.4%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Chauncey	Empire
Poverty rate	16.4%	33.8%
Average household size	2.84	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1982	1970