Eastman vs Empire

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

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

Eastman has the higher population (5,624 vs 447 in Empire). Empire has the higher median household income ($60,250 vs $46,214 in Eastman). Eastman has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $97,600 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Eastman	Empire
Population	5,624	447
Median age	38.0 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,214	$60,250
Median home value	$145,300	$97,600
Median gross rent	$751	—
Housing units	2,607	152
Homeownership rate	49.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastman	Empire
Population	5,135 → 5,624 (+9.5%)	376 → 447 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$35,595 → $46,214 (+29.8%)	$46,250 → $60,250 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $145,300 (+69.7%)	$59,500 → $97,600 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $751 (+19.6%)	—

Eastman

Population

5,1355,624

Median household income

$35,595$46,214

Median home value

$85,600$145,300

Median gross rent

$628$751

Empire

Population

376447

Median household income

$46,250$60,250

Median home value

$59,500$97,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastman	Empire
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	5.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	12.5%
25 to 34	6.4%	32.9%
35 to 44	20.3%	2.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	20.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	4.0%
75 and over	6.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastman	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	67.8%
Black or African American	24.8%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastman	Empire
No high school diploma	11.8%	10.1%
High school graduate	29.7%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastman	Empire
Drove alone	77.0%	55.6%
Carpooled	16.7%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	11.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastman	Empire
1-unit, detached	64.8%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Eastman	Empire
Poverty rate	19.2%	33.8%
Average household size	2.53	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1969	1970