Jesup vs Screven

A side-by-side comparison of Jesup and Screven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jesup has the higher population (9,863 vs 652 in Screven). Jesup has the higher median household income ($48,306 vs $33,750 in Screven). Jesup has the higher median home value ($152,100 vs $115,800 in Screven).

Population, income & housing

	Jesup	Screven
Population	9,863	652
Median age	45.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,306	$33,750
Median home value	$152,100	$115,800
Median gross rent	$676	$787
Housing units	3,884	330
Homeownership rate	62.7%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jesup	Screven
Population	9,753 → 9,863 (+1.1%)	781 → 652 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$39,933 → $48,306 (+21.0%)	$47,500 → $33,750 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $152,100 (+52.6%)	$76,800 → $115,800 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $676 (+5.3%)	$591 → $787 (+33.2%)

Jesup

Population

9,7539,863

Median household income

$39,933$48,306

Median home value

$99,700$152,100

Median gross rent

$642$676

Screven

Population

781652

Median household income

$47,500$33,750

Median home value

$76,800$115,800

Median gross rent

$591$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jesup	Screven
Under 5	2.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	18.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	5.2%
75 and over	9.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jesup	Screven
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	71.5%
Black or African American	33.0%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jesup	Screven
No high school diploma	17.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	44.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jesup	Screven
Drove alone	74.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	19.5%	12.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jesup	Screven
1-unit, detached	75.1%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Jesup	Screven
Poverty rate	22.5%	35.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1969	1982