Griffin vs Sunny Side

A side-by-side comparison of Griffin and Sunny Side: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Griffin has the higher population (23,650 vs 224 in Sunny Side). Griffin has the higher median household income ($44,021 vs $36,875 in Sunny Side). Griffin has the higher median home value ($195,100 vs $76,700 in Sunny Side).

Population, income & housing

	Griffin	Sunny Side
Population	23,650	224
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,021	$36,875
Median home value	$195,100	$76,700
Median gross rent	$1,034	$1,136
Housing units	10,430	105
Homeownership rate	39.5%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griffin	Sunny Side
Population	22,748 → 23,650 (+4.0%)	155 → 224 (+44.5%)
Median household income	$36,890 → $44,021 (+19.3%)	$48,750 → $36,875 (-24.4%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $195,100 (+89.8%)	$118,800 → $76,700 (-35.4%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,034 (+19.5%)	$964 → $1,136 (+17.8%)

Griffin

Population

22,74823,650

Median household income

$36,890$44,021

Median home value

$102,800$195,100

Median gross rent

$865$1,034

Sunny Side

Population

155224

Median household income

$48,750$36,875

Median home value

$118,800$76,700

Median gross rent

$964$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Griffin	Sunny Side
Under 5	7.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	29.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	1.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	25.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	1.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	14.3%
75 and over	4.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griffin	Sunny Side
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	58.5%
Black or African American	54.6%	36.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griffin	Sunny Side
No high school diploma	16.3%	15.4%
High school graduate	45.3%	72.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griffin	Sunny Side
Drove alone	82.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.8%
Other means	1.8%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griffin	Sunny Side
1-unit, detached	62.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Griffin	Sunny Side
Poverty rate	25.5%	25.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1974	1953