Brunswick vs Jekyll Island

A side-by-side comparison of Brunswick and Jekyll Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brunswick has the higher population (15,248 vs 1,078 in Jekyll Island). Jekyll Island has the higher median household income ($76,445 vs $34,021 in Brunswick). Jekyll Island has the higher median home value ($522,100 vs $128,300 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
Population	15,248	1,078
Median age	36.4 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,021	$76,445
Median home value	$128,300	$522,100
Median gross rent	$876	$1,467
Housing units	7,260	1,434
Homeownership rate	40.2%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	48.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
Population	16,122 → 15,248 (-5.4%)	1,116 → 1,078 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$28,032 → $34,021 (+21.4%)	$59,820 → $76,445 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $128,300 (+18.1%)	$421,400 → $522,100 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $876 (+20.2%)	$1,142 → $1,467 (+28.5%)

Brunswick

Population

16,12215,248

Median household income

$28,032$34,021

Median home value

$108,600$128,300

Median gross rent

$729$876

Jekyll Island

Population

1,1161,078

Median household income

$59,820$76,445

Median home value

$421,400$522,100

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	25.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	20.0%
75 and over	8.2%	24.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
White (non-Hispanic)	28.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	61.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.9%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
No high school diploma	15.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.1%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
Drove alone	76.3%	85.5%
Carpooled	15.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	14.5%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
1-unit, detached	66.1%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	34.5%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Jekyll Island
Poverty rate	29.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.38	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1962	1967