Ideal vs Oglethorpe

A side-by-side comparison of Ideal and Oglethorpe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oglethorpe has the higher population (1,069 vs 648 in Ideal). Oglethorpe has the higher median household income ($25,071 vs $24,219 in Ideal). Oglethorpe has the higher median home value ($61,100 vs $53,000 in Ideal).

Population, income & housing

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
Population	648	1,069
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,219	$25,071
Median home value	$53,000	$61,100
Median gross rent	$643	$646
Housing units	254	682
Homeownership rate	48.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
Population	312 → 648 (+107.7%)	1,414 → 1,069 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$22,188 → $24,219 (+9.2%)	$21,406 → $25,071 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$60,900 → $53,000 (-13.0%)	$46,700 → $61,100 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$419 → $643 (+53.5%)	$536 → $646 (+20.5%)

Ideal

Population

312648

Median household income

$22,188$24,219

Median home value

$60,900$53,000

Median gross rent

$419$643

Oglethorpe

Population

1,4141,069

Median household income

$21,406$25,071

Median home value

$46,700$61,100

Median gross rent

$536$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
Under 5	6.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	24.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	1.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.3%
75 and over	13.9%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	20.3%
Black or African American	84.3%	77.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
No high school diploma	38.9%	19.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
Drove alone	88.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
1-unit, detached	54.7%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Ideal	Oglethorpe
Poverty rate	51.5%	30.5%
Average household size	2.86	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1979	1973