Fort Stewart vs Riceboro

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

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

Fort Stewart has the higher population (9,976 vs 935 in Riceboro). Fort Stewart has the higher median household income ($51,090 vs $46,291 in Riceboro). Since 2019, Riceboro's population has grown faster (+33.4% vs +3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
Population	9,976	935
Median age	21.6 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,090	$46,291
Median home value	—	$94,300
Median gross rent	$1,557	$795
Housing units	2,985	458
Homeownership rate	0.2%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
Population	9,643 → 9,976 (+3.5%)	701 → 935 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$42,129 → $51,090 (+21.3%)	$40,769 → $46,291 (+13.5%)
Median home value	—	$80,600 → $94,300 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,557 (+22.1%)	$647 → $795 (+22.9%)

Fort Stewart

Population

9,6439,976

Median household income

$42,129$51,090

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,557

Riceboro

Population

701935

Median household income

$40,769$46,291

Median home value

$80,600$94,300

Median gross rent

$647$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
Under 5	18.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	27.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	25.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	4.0%
45 to 54	0.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	1.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	0.1%	18.4%
75 and over	0.0%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	45.5%	5.0%
Black or African American	21.4%	90.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
No high school diploma	6.1%	21.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
Drove alone	73.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	11.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	14.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
1-unit, detached	6.7%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	51.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Fort Stewart	Riceboro
Poverty rate	13.8%	18.4%
Average household size	3.41	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	12	27
Median year structure built	1996	1989