Swainsboro vs Twin City

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

Swainsboro and Twin City 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 1,983 in Twin City). Swainsboro has the higher median household income ($45,621 vs $37,271 in Twin City). Swainsboro has the higher median home value ($104,800 vs $97,100 in Twin City).

Population, income & housing

	Swainsboro	Twin City
Population	7,561	1,983
Median age	31.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,621	$37,271
Median home value	$104,800	$97,100
Median gross rent	$788	$663
Housing units	3,373	763
Homeownership rate	44.5%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swainsboro	Twin City
Population	7,396 → 7,561 (+2.2%)	1,814 → 1,983 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$26,975 → $45,621 (+69.1%)	$34,331 → $37,271 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $104,800 (+45.8%)	$74,600 → $97,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $788 (+24.5%)	$555 → $663 (+19.5%)

Swainsboro

Population

7,3967,561

Median household income

$26,975$45,621

Median home value

$71,900$104,800

Median gross rent

$633$788

Twin City

Population

1,8141,983

Median household income

$34,331$37,271

Median home value

$74,600$97,100

Median gross rent

$555$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Swainsboro	Twin City
Under 5	7.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.0%
75 and over	3.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swainsboro	Twin City
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	38.6%
Black or African American	60.1%	57.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swainsboro	Twin City
No high school diploma	18.1%	27.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swainsboro	Twin City
Drove alone	73.2%	93.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	4.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swainsboro	Twin City
1-unit, detached	71.1%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Swainsboro	Twin City
Poverty rate	28.6%	29.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1976	1979