Tifton vs Unionville

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

Tifton and Unionville 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 1,670 in Unionville). Unionville has the higher median household income ($50,371 vs $44,324 in Tifton). Tifton has the higher median home value ($161,700 vs $46,900 in Unionville).

Population, income & housing

	Tifton	Unionville
Population	17,140	1,670
Median age	33.3 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,324	$50,371
Median home value	$161,700	$46,900
Median gross rent	$793	$678
Housing units	7,690	840
Homeownership rate	38.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tifton	Unionville
Population	16,644 → 17,140 (+3.0%)	1,904 → 1,670 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$38,316 → $44,324 (+15.7%)	$18,560 → $50,371 (+171.4%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $161,700 (+35.7%)	$55,400 → $46,900 (-15.3%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $793 (+10.8%)	$579 → $678 (+17.1%)

Tifton

Population

16,64417,140

Median household income

$38,316$44,324

Median home value

$119,200$161,700

Median gross rent

$716$793

Unionville

Population

1,9041,670

Median household income

$18,560$50,371

Median home value

$55,400$46,900

Median gross rent

$579$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tifton	Unionville
Under 5	7.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	13.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	30.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.3%
75 and over	6.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tifton	Unionville
White (non-Hispanic)	46.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	33.6%	98.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tifton	Unionville
No high school diploma	13.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	62.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tifton	Unionville
Drove alone	77.2%	92.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tifton	Unionville
1-unit, detached	55.4%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Tifton	Unionville
Poverty rate	22.3%	26.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1978	1977