Oak Park vs Swainsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Park and Swainsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swainsboro has the higher population (7,561 vs 462 in Oak Park). Swainsboro has the higher median household income ($45,621 vs $38,846 in Oak Park). Swainsboro has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $70,700 in Oak Park).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
Population	462	7,561
Median age	35.7 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,846	$45,621
Median home value	$70,700	$104,800
Median gross rent	$770	$788
Housing units	202	3,373
Homeownership rate	65.1%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
Population	647 → 462 (-28.6%)	7,396 → 7,561 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$32,656 → $38,846 (+19.0%)	$26,975 → $45,621 (+69.1%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $70,700 (-14.6%)	$71,900 → $104,800 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $770 (+31.6%)	$633 → $788 (+24.5%)

Oak Park

Population

647462

Median household income

$32,656$38,846

Median home value

$82,800$70,700

Median gross rent

$585$770

Swainsboro

Population

7,3967,561

Median household income

$26,975$45,621

Median home value

$71,900$104,800

Median gross rent

$633$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
Under 5	9.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	19.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.3%
75 and over	2.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	30.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	60.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
No high school diploma	16.4%	18.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
Drove alone	78.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	18.4%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	1.1%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
1-unit, detached	76.2%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park	Swainsboro
Poverty rate	21.6%	28.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1979	1976