Summertown vs Swainsboro

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

Summertown 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 220 in Summertown). Swainsboro has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $73,300 in Summertown). Since 2019, Summertown's population has grown faster (+31.0% vs +2.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Summertown	Swainsboro
Population	220	7,561
Median age	17.3 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$45,621
Median home value	$73,300	$104,800
Median gross rent	—	$788
Housing units	53	3,373
Homeownership rate	79.2%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summertown	Swainsboro
Population	168 → 220 (+31.0%)	7,396 → 7,561 (+2.2%)
Median household income	—	$26,975 → $45,621 (+69.1%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $73,300 (+29.3%)	$71,900 → $104,800 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $578 (+36.0%)	$633 → $788 (+24.5%)

Summertown

Population

168220

Median home value

$56,700$73,300

Median gross rent

$425$578

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)

	Summertown	Swainsboro
Under 5	9.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	41.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	0.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.3%
75 and over	6.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summertown	Swainsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	30.1%
Black or African American	38.6%	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	8.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summertown	Swainsboro
No high school diploma	43.9%	18.1%
High school graduate	24.3%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summertown	Swainsboro
Drove alone	80.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	18.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summertown	Swainsboro
1-unit, detached	58.5%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	41.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Summertown	Swainsboro
Poverty rate	28.2%	28.6%
Average household size	4.15	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	51	29
Median year structure built	1969	1976