Meigs vs Ochlocknee

A side-by-side comparison of Meigs and Ochlocknee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meigs has the higher population (825 vs 639 in Ochlocknee). Ochlocknee has the higher median household income ($41,563 vs $28,125 in Meigs). Ochlocknee has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $92,500 in Meigs).

Population, income & housing

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
Population	825	639
Median age	30.6 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$41,563
Median home value	$92,500	$122,500
Median gross rent	$588	$827
Housing units	372	319
Homeownership rate	59.7%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
Population	1,085 → 825 (-24.0%)	672 → 639 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$30,234 → $28,125 (-7.0%)	$42,237 → $41,563 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $92,500 (+46.4%)	$72,600 → $122,500 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$484 → $588 (+21.5%)	$879 → $827 (-5.9%)

Meigs

Population

1,085825

Median household income

$30,234$28,125

Median home value

$63,200$92,500

Median gross rent

$484$588

Ochlocknee

Population

672639

Median household income

$42,237$41,563

Median home value

$72,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$879$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
Under 5	8.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	25.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	20.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	4.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.7%
75 and over	4.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	64.6%
Black or African American	72.4%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
No high school diploma	31.5%	20.1%
High school graduate	47.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
Drove alone	90.6%	65.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	22.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
1-unit, detached	40.3%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	39.8%

Poverty & households

	Meigs	Ochlocknee
Poverty rate	49.6%	28.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1983	1980