Sandersville vs Tennille

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

Sandersville and Tennille 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 1,605 in Tennille). Sandersville has the higher median household income ($44,724 vs $26,042 in Tennille). Sandersville has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $88,100 in Tennille).

Population, income & housing

	Sandersville	Tennille
Population	5,673	1,605
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,724	$26,042
Median home value	$128,100	$88,100
Median gross rent	$756	$826
Housing units	2,525	889
Homeownership rate	50.7%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandersville	Tennille
Population	5,546 → 5,673 (+2.3%)	1,617 → 1,605 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$33,297 → $44,724 (+34.3%)	$27,909 → $26,042 (-6.7%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $128,100 (+38.2%)	$72,100 → $88,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $756 (+42.6%)	$722 → $826 (+14.4%)

Sandersville

Population

5,5465,673

Median household income

$33,297$44,724

Median home value

$92,700$128,100

Median gross rent

$530$756

Tennille

Population

1,6171,605

Median household income

$27,909$26,042

Median home value

$72,100$88,100

Median gross rent

$722$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandersville	Tennille
Under 5	5.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	22.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	20.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.8%
75 and over	6.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandersville	Tennille
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	19.4%
Black or African American	55.6%	77.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandersville	Tennille
No high school diploma	17.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	38.5%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandersville	Tennille
Drove alone	78.6%	73.6%
Carpooled	14.7%	16.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	8.4%
Other means	1.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandersville	Tennille
1-unit, detached	68.0%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Sandersville	Tennille
Poverty rate	16.3%	29.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1975	1968