Meigs vs Thomasville

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

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

Thomasville has the higher population (18,720 vs 825 in Meigs). Thomasville has the higher median household income ($48,464 vs $28,125 in Meigs). Thomasville has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $92,500 in Meigs).

Population, income & housing

	Meigs	Thomasville
Population	825	18,720
Median age	30.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$48,464
Median home value	$92,500	$196,500
Median gross rent	$588	$1,025
Housing units	372	8,714
Homeownership rate	59.7%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meigs	Thomasville
Population	1,085 → 825 (-24.0%)	18,539 → 18,720 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$30,234 → $28,125 (-7.0%)	$32,378 → $48,464 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $92,500 (+46.4%)	$163,500 → $196,500 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$484 → $588 (+21.5%)	$857 → $1,025 (+19.6%)

Meigs

Population

1,085825

Median household income

$30,234$28,125

Median home value

$63,200$92,500

Median gross rent

$484$588

Thomasville

Population

18,53918,720

Median household income

$32,378$48,464

Median home value

$163,500$196,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meigs	Thomasville
Under 5	8.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	25.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.4%
75 and over	4.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meigs	Thomasville
White (non-Hispanic)	17.3%	40.1%
Black or African American	72.4%	56.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meigs	Thomasville
No high school diploma	31.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	47.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meigs	Thomasville
Drove alone	90.6%	77.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meigs	Thomasville
1-unit, detached	40.3%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Meigs	Thomasville
Poverty rate	49.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1983	1977