Brunswick vs St. Simons

A side-by-side comparison of Brunswick and St. Simons: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Simons has the higher population (16,026 vs 15,248 in Brunswick). St. Simons has the higher median household income ($105,944 vs $34,021 in Brunswick). St. Simons has the higher median home value ($484,100 vs $128,300 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	St. Simons
Population	15,248	16,026
Median age	36.4 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,021	$105,944
Median home value	$128,300	$484,100
Median gross rent	$876	$1,626
Housing units	7,260	11,243
Homeownership rate	40.2%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	St. Simons
Population	16,122 → 15,248 (-5.4%)	14,778 → 16,026 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$28,032 → $34,021 (+21.4%)	$87,248 → $105,944 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $128,300 (+18.1%)	$371,800 → $484,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $876 (+20.2%)	$1,309 → $1,626 (+24.2%)

Brunswick

Population

16,12215,248

Median household income

$28,032$34,021

Median home value

$108,600$128,300

Median gross rent

$729$876

St. Simons

Population

14,77816,026

Median household income

$87,248$105,944

Median home value

$371,800$484,100

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	St. Simons
Under 5	6.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	23.7%
75 and over	8.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	St. Simons
White (non-Hispanic)	28.4%	92.4%
Black or African American	61.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	St. Simons
No high school diploma	15.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	39.1%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	St. Simons
Drove alone	76.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	15.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	17.1%
Other means	3.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	St. Simons
1-unit, detached	66.1%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	5.3%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	St. Simons
Poverty rate	29.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1962	1988