Blythe vs Hephzibah

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

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

Hephzibah has the higher population (3,688 vs 863 in Blythe). Hephzibah has the higher median household income ($62,155 vs $46,688 in Blythe). Hephzibah has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $116,100 in Blythe).

Population, income & housing

	Blythe	Hephzibah
Population	863	3,688
Median age	35.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,688	$62,155
Median home value	$116,100	$184,700
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,058
Housing units	331	1,437
Homeownership rate	83.8%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blythe	Hephzibah
Population	688 → 863 (+25.4%)	3,977 → 3,688 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$56,786 → $46,688 (-17.8%)	$54,554 → $62,155 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $116,100 (+19.1%)	$115,700 → $184,700 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,065 (+19.3%)	$883 → $1,058 (+19.8%)

Blythe

Population

688863

Median household income

$56,786$46,688

Median home value

$97,500$116,100

Median gross rent

$893$1,065

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)

	Blythe	Hephzibah
Under 5	7.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.0%
75 and over	3.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blythe	Hephzibah
White (non-Hispanic)	67.0%	54.9%
Black or African American	19.5%	37.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blythe	Hephzibah
No high school diploma	11.4%	16.2%
High school graduate	36.8%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blythe	Hephzibah
Drove alone	85.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blythe	Hephzibah
1-unit, detached	53.8%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.2%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Blythe	Hephzibah
Poverty rate	15.8%	24.8%
Average household size	2.89	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1992	1986