Sandersville vs Warthen

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

Sandersville and Warthen 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 184 in Warthen). Sandersville has the higher median household income ($44,724 vs $19,082 in Warthen). Warthen has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $128,100 in Sandersville).

Population, income & housing

	Sandersville	Warthen
Population	5,673	184
Median age	35.1 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,724	$19,082
Median home value	$128,100	$139,100
Median gross rent	$756	—
Housing units	2,525	98
Homeownership rate	50.7%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandersville	Warthen
Population	5,546 → 5,673 (+2.3%)	148 → 184 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$33,297 → $44,724 (+34.3%)	$27,557 → $19,082 (-30.8%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $128,100 (+38.2%)	$105,100 → $139,100 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $756 (+42.6%)	—

Sandersville

Population

5,5465,673

Median household income

$33,297$44,724

Median home value

$92,700$128,100

Median gross rent

$530$756

Warthen

Population

148184

Median household income

$27,557$19,082

Median home value

$105,100$139,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandersville	Warthen
Under 5	5.6%	21.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	11.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	37.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	4.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	1.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	2.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	2.7%
75 and over	6.6%	19.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandersville	Warthen
White (non-Hispanic)	33.4%	47.3%
Black or African American	55.6%	32.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	20.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandersville	Warthen
No high school diploma	17.1%	32.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandersville	Warthen
Drove alone	78.6%	32.0%
Carpooled	14.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	10.0%
Other means	1.9%	58.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandersville	Warthen
1-unit, detached	68.0%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	54.1%

Poverty & households

	Sandersville	Warthen
Poverty rate	16.3%	52.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1975	1976