Tunnel Hill vs Varnell

A side-by-side comparison of Tunnel Hill and Varnell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Varnell has the higher population (2,623 vs 1,122 in Tunnel Hill). Varnell has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $61,964 in Tunnel Hill). Varnell has the higher median home value ($228,200 vs $183,700 in Tunnel Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
Population	1,122	2,623
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,964	$82,857
Median home value	$183,700	$228,200
Median gross rent	$1,014	$1,155
Housing units	429	821
Homeownership rate	77.4%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
Population	1,435 → 1,122 (-21.8%)	2,488 → 2,623 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$55,294 → $61,964 (+12.1%)	$54,250 → $82,857 (+52.7%)
Median home value	$128,800 → $183,700 (+42.6%)	$124,300 → $228,200 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $1,014 (+29.2%)	$680 → $1,155 (+69.9%)

Tunnel Hill

Population

1,4351,122

Median household income

$55,294$61,964

Median home value

$128,800$183,700

Median gross rent

$785$1,014

Varnell

Population

2,4882,623

Median household income

$54,250$82,857

Median home value

$124,300$228,200

Median gross rent

$680$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
Under 5	6.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.8%	16.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	6.9%
75 and over	12.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	83.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
No high school diploma	24.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
Drove alone	84.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
1-unit, detached	87.2%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Tunnel Hill	Varnell
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.71	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1970	1994