Fort Stewart vs Hinesville

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Stewart and Hinesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hinesville has the higher population (35,282 vs 9,976 in Fort Stewart). Hinesville has the higher median household income ($59,216 vs $51,090 in Fort Stewart). Since 2019, Hinesville's population has grown faster (+6.9% vs +3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
Population	9,976	35,282
Median age	21.6 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,090	$59,216
Median home value	—	$174,300
Median gross rent	$1,557	$1,167
Housing units	2,985	14,680
Homeownership rate	0.2%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
Population	9,643 → 9,976 (+3.5%)	32,996 → 35,282 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$42,129 → $51,090 (+21.3%)	$47,563 → $59,216 (+24.5%)
Median home value	—	$123,700 → $174,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,557 (+22.1%)	$1,022 → $1,167 (+14.2%)

Fort Stewart

Population

9,6439,976

Median household income

$42,129$51,090

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,557

Hinesville

Population

32,99635,282

Median household income

$47,563$59,216

Median home value

$123,700$174,300

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
Under 5	18.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	27.2%	12.0%
25 to 34	25.3%	20.8%
35 to 44	7.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	0.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	1.3%	7.6%
65 to 74	0.1%	5.6%
75 and over	0.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
White (non-Hispanic)	45.5%	30.4%
Black or African American	21.4%	46.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.7%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
Drove alone	73.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	11.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
1-unit, detached	6.7%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	51.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	14.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Stewart	Hinesville
Poverty rate	13.8%	14.9%
Average household size	3.41	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	12	25
Median year structure built	1996	1991