Oconee vs Sandersville

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

Oconee 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 248 in Oconee). Oconee has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $44,724 in Sandersville). Since 2019, Sandersville's population has grown faster (+2.3% vs -25.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Oconee	Sandersville
Population	248	5,673
Median age	55.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$44,724
Median home value	—	$128,100
Median gross rent	—	$756
Housing units	89	2,525
Homeownership rate	84.7%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oconee	Sandersville
Population	331 → 248 (-25.1%)	5,546 → 5,673 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$71,429 → $65,833 (-7.8%)	$33,297 → $44,724 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$155,000 → $184,700 (+19.2%)	$92,700 → $128,100 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $592 (+8.4%)	$530 → $756 (+42.6%)

Oconee

Population

331248

Median household income

$71,429$65,833

Median home value

$155,000$184,700

Median gross rent

$546$592

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)

	Oconee	Sandersville
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.9%
25 to 34	3.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.5%
75 and over	29.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oconee	Sandersville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.2%	33.4%
Black or African American	38.7%	55.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oconee	Sandersville
No high school diploma	17.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	46.6%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oconee	Sandersville
Drove alone	97.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oconee	Sandersville
1-unit, detached	77.5%	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	22.5%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Oconee	Sandersville
Poverty rate	2.5%	16.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1985	1975