Phillipsburg vs Tifton

A side-by-side comparison of Phillipsburg and Tifton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tifton has the higher population (17,140 vs 507 in Phillipsburg). Tifton has the higher median household income ($44,324 vs $23,438 in Phillipsburg). Tifton has the higher median home value ($161,700 vs $9,999 in Phillipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
Population	507	17,140
Median age	31.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$23,438	$44,324
Median home value	$9,999	$161,700
Median gross rent	$924	$793
Housing units	316	7,690
Homeownership rate	43.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
Population	1,115 → 507 (-54.5%)	16,644 → 17,140 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$20,710 → $23,438 (+13.2%)	$38,316 → $44,324 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $9,999 (-88.2%)	$119,200 → $161,700 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $924 (+56.3%)	$716 → $793 (+10.8%)

Phillipsburg

Population

1,115507

Median household income

$20,710$23,438

Median home value

$84,900$9,999

Median gross rent

$591$924

Tifton

Population

16,64417,140

Median household income

$38,316$44,324

Median home value

$119,200$161,700

Median gross rent

$716$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
Under 5	5.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	27.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	24.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	2.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	26.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	5.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	8.6%
75 and over	2.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	46.1%
Black or African American	67.7%	33.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	32.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
No high school diploma	36.2%	13.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
Drove alone	100.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
1-unit, detached	47.8%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	23.7%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Phillipsburg	Tifton
Poverty rate	60.0%	22.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1959	1978