Hinesville vs Riceboro

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

Hinesville and Riceboro 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 935 in Riceboro). Hinesville has the higher median household income ($59,216 vs $46,291 in Riceboro). Hinesville has the higher median home value ($174,300 vs $94,300 in Riceboro).

Population, income & housing

	Hinesville	Riceboro
Population	35,282	935
Median age	29.0 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,216	$46,291
Median home value	$174,300	$94,300
Median gross rent	$1,167	$795
Housing units	14,680	458
Homeownership rate	46.4%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hinesville	Riceboro
Population	32,996 → 35,282 (+6.9%)	701 → 935 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$47,563 → $59,216 (+24.5%)	$40,769 → $46,291 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $174,300 (+40.9%)	$80,600 → $94,300 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,167 (+14.2%)	$647 → $795 (+22.9%)

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

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)

	Hinesville	Riceboro
Under 5	9.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	20.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	4.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	18.4%
75 and over	2.9%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hinesville	Riceboro
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	5.0%
Black or African American	46.4%	90.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hinesville	Riceboro
No high school diploma	5.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	28.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hinesville	Riceboro
Drove alone	82.6%	76.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	14.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hinesville	Riceboro
1-unit, detached	63.9%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Hinesville	Riceboro
Poverty rate	14.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1991	1989