Denton vs Hazlehurst

A side-by-side comparison of Denton and Hazlehurst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hazlehurst has the higher population (4,072 vs 321 in Denton). Denton has the higher median household income ($33,182 vs $32,278 in Hazlehurst). Hazlehurst has the higher median home value ($137,400 vs $77,000 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Hazlehurst
Population	321	4,072
Median age	37.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,182	$32,278
Median home value	$77,000	$137,400
Median gross rent	—	$733
Housing units	121	1,701
Homeownership rate	81.6%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Hazlehurst
Population	149 → 321 (+115.4%)	4,147 → 4,072 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$36,500 → $33,182 (-9.1%)	$29,006 → $32,278 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$53,200 → $77,000 (+44.7%)	$76,900 → $137,400 (+78.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$610 → $733 (+20.2%)

Denton

Population

149321

Median household income

$36,500$33,182

Median home value

$53,200$77,000

Hazlehurst

Population

4,1474,072

Median household income

$29,006$32,278

Median home value

$76,900$137,400

Median gross rent

$610$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Hazlehurst
Under 5	7.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	1.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	27.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.5%
75 and over	4.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Hazlehurst
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	52.3%
Black or African American	13.7%	28.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.2%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Hazlehurst
No high school diploma	19.4%	27.5%
High school graduate	63.5%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Hazlehurst
Drove alone	95.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Hazlehurst
1-unit, detached	67.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Hazlehurst
Poverty rate	13.4%	27.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	15
Median year structure built	1970	1975