Harrison vs Sandersville

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison and Sandersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sandersville has the higher population (5,673 vs 444 in Harrison). Sandersville has the higher median household income ($44,724 vs $33,641 in Harrison). Sandersville has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $73,900 in Harrison).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison	Sandersville
Population	444	5,673
Median age	47.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,641	$44,724
Median home value	$73,900	$128,100
Median gross rent	$843	$756
Housing units	228	2,525
Homeownership rate	58.4%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.3%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison	Sandersville
Population	492 → 444 (-9.8%)	5,546 → 5,673 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$24,318 → $33,641 (+38.3%)	$33,297 → $44,724 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$44,800 → $73,900 (+65.0%)	$92,700 → $128,100 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $843 (+7.7%)	$530 → $756 (+42.6%)

Harrison

Population

492444

Median household income

$24,318$33,641

Median home value

$44,800$73,900

Median gross rent

$783$843

Sandersville

Population

5,5465,673

Median household income

$33,297$44,724

Median home value

$92,700$128,100

Median gross rent

$530$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison	Sandersville
Under 5	3.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	1.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	19.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	22.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.5%	9.5%
75 and over	13.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison	Sandersville
White (non-Hispanic)	15.3%	33.4%
Black or African American	78.2%	55.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison	Sandersville
No high school diploma	32.4%	17.1%
High school graduate	46.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison	Sandersville
Drove alone	97.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	0.6%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison	Sandersville
1-unit, detached	61.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Harrison	Sandersville
Poverty rate	31.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1974	1975