Riceboro vs Walthourville

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

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

Walthourville has the higher population (3,770 vs 935 in Riceboro). Walthourville has the higher median household income ($70,035 vs $46,291 in Riceboro). Walthourville has the higher median home value ($127,600 vs $94,300 in Riceboro).

Population, income & housing

	Riceboro	Walthourville
Population	935	3,770
Median age	52.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,291	$70,035
Median home value	$94,300	$127,600
Median gross rent	$795	$990
Housing units	458	1,657
Homeownership rate	81.1%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riceboro	Walthourville
Population	701 → 935 (+33.4%)	4,087 → 3,770 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $46,291 (+13.5%)	$41,048 → $70,035 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $94,300 (+17.0%)	$109,600 → $127,600 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $795 (+22.9%)	$793 → $990 (+24.8%)

Riceboro

Population

701935

Median household income

$40,769$46,291

Median home value

$80,600$94,300

Median gross rent

$647$795

Walthourville

Population

4,0873,770

Median household income

$41,048$70,035

Median home value

$109,600$127,600

Median gross rent

$793$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riceboro	Walthourville
Under 5	2.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	4.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	18.4%	10.9%
75 and over	15.7%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riceboro	Walthourville
White (non-Hispanic)	5.0%	30.8%
Black or African American	90.5%	59.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riceboro	Walthourville
No high school diploma	21.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riceboro	Walthourville
Drove alone	76.2%	85.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riceboro	Walthourville
1-unit, detached	61.4%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	44.2%

Poverty & households

	Riceboro	Walthourville
Poverty rate	18.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1989	1996