Dearing vs Thomson

A side-by-side comparison of Dearing and Thomson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomson has the higher population (6,824 vs 640 in Dearing). Dearing has the higher median household income ($59,250 vs $43,376 in Thomson). Thomson has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $101,300 in Dearing).

Population, income & housing

	Dearing	Thomson
Population	640	6,824
Median age	33.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,250	$43,376
Median home value	$101,300	$135,500
Median gross rent	$725	$876
Housing units	291	2,641
Homeownership rate	82.1%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearing	Thomson
Population	624 → 640 (+2.6%)	6,593 → 6,824 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$46,136 → $59,250 (+28.4%)	$29,367 → $43,376 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$89,200 → $101,300 (+13.6%)	$91,300 → $135,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $725 (-4.7%)	$709 → $876 (+23.6%)

Dearing

Population

624640

Median household income

$46,136$59,250

Median home value

$89,200$101,300

Median gross rent

$761$725

Thomson

Population

6,5936,824

Median household income

$29,367$43,376

Median home value

$91,300$135,500

Median gross rent

$709$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dearing	Thomson
Under 5	11.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	8.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.1%
75 and over	14.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearing	Thomson
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	25.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	70.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearing	Thomson
No high school diploma	18.8%	20.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearing	Thomson
Drove alone	94.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearing	Thomson
1-unit, detached	68.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	26.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Dearing	Thomson
Poverty rate	16.1%	25.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1978	1979