Augusta vs Hephzibah

A side-by-side comparison of Augusta and Hephzibah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Augusta has the higher population (201,504 vs 3,688 in Hephzibah). Hephzibah has the higher median household income ($62,155 vs $53,134 in Augusta). Hephzibah has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $162,900 in Augusta).

Population, income & housing

	Augusta	Hephzibah
Population	201,504	3,688
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,134	$62,155
Median home value	$162,900	$184,700
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,058
Housing units	90,901	1,437
Homeownership rate	50.9%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Augusta	Hephzibah
Population	197,191 → 201,504 (+2.2%)	3,977 → 3,688 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$42,592 → $53,134 (+24.8%)	$54,554 → $62,155 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $162,900 (+50.8%)	$115,700 → $184,700 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,087 (+22.4%)	$883 → $1,058 (+19.8%)

Augusta

Population

197,191201,504

Median household income

$42,592$53,134

Median home value

$108,000$162,900

Median gross rent

$888$1,087

Hephzibah

Population

3,9773,688

Median household income

$54,554$62,155

Median home value

$115,700$184,700

Median gross rent

$883$1,058

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Augusta	Hephzibah
Under 5	6.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.0%
75 and over	5.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Augusta	Hephzibah
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	54.9%
Black or African American	55.8%	37.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Augusta	Hephzibah
No high school diploma	12.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	31.8%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Augusta	Hephzibah
Drove alone	75.7%	90.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.8%
Other means	4.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Augusta	Hephzibah
1-unit, detached	58.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Augusta	Hephzibah
Poverty rate	21.1%	24.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1980	1986