Ochlocknee vs Thomasville

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

Ochlocknee 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 639 in Ochlocknee). Thomasville has the higher median household income ($48,464 vs $41,563 in Ochlocknee). Thomasville has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $122,500 in Ochlocknee).

Population, income & housing

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
Population	639	18,720
Median age	31.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,563	$48,464
Median home value	$122,500	$196,500
Median gross rent	$827	$1,025
Housing units	319	8,714
Homeownership rate	46.6%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
Population	672 → 639 (-4.9%)	18,539 → 18,720 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$42,237 → $41,563 (-1.6%)	$32,378 → $48,464 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$72,600 → $122,500 (+68.7%)	$163,500 → $196,500 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $827 (-5.9%)	$857 → $1,025 (+19.6%)

Ochlocknee

Population

672639

Median household income

$42,237$41,563

Median home value

$72,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$879$827

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)

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
Under 5	8.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	20.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	4.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.4%
75 and over	8.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	40.1%
Black or African American	19.1%	56.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
No high school diploma	20.1%	11.2%
High school graduate	43.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
Drove alone	65.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	22.3%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
1-unit, detached	60.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	39.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Ochlocknee	Thomasville
Poverty rate	28.0%	16.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1980	1977