Stillmore vs Swainsboro

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

Stillmore 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 600 in Stillmore). Swainsboro has the higher median household income ($45,621 vs $37,083 in Stillmore). Swainsboro has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $47,900 in Stillmore).

Population, income & housing

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
Population	600	7,561
Median age	26.0 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$45,621
Median home value	$47,900	$104,800
Median gross rent	$838	$788
Housing units	215	3,373
Homeownership rate	78.3%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
Population	530 → 600 (+13.2%)	7,396 → 7,561 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $37,083 (+7.9%)	$26,975 → $45,621 (+69.1%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $47,900 (-11.8%)	$71,900 → $104,800 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $838 (+41.6%)	$633 → $788 (+24.5%)

Stillmore

Population

530600

Median household income

$34,375$37,083

Median home value

$54,300$47,900

Median gross rent

$592$838

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)

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
Under 5	7.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	34.5%	22.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.3%
75 and over	2.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	41.5%	30.1%
Black or African American	48.8%	60.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
No high school diploma	30.4%	18.1%
High school graduate	42.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
Drove alone	71.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	22.5%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.5%
Other means	4.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
1-unit, detached	55.3%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	39.1%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Stillmore	Swainsboro
Poverty rate	52.8%	28.6%
Average household size	3.16	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1985	1976