Poulan vs Sumner

A side-by-side comparison of Poulan and Sumner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poulan has the higher population (707 vs 465 in Sumner). Poulan has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $53,214 in Sumner). Sumner has the higher median home value ($83,000 vs $80,000 in Poulan).

Population, income & housing

	Poulan	Sumner
Population	707	465
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$53,214
Median home value	$80,000	$83,000
Median gross rent	$940	$1,019
Housing units	326	174
Homeownership rate	71.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poulan	Sumner
Population	765 → 707 (-7.6%)	420 → 465 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$47,228 → $65,357 (+38.4%)	$46,607 → $53,214 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $80,000 (+16.6%)	$65,000 → $83,000 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $940 (+17.1%)	$831 → $1,019 (+22.6%)

Poulan

Population

765707

Median household income

$47,228$65,357

Median home value

$68,600$80,000

Median gross rent

$803$940

Sumner

Population

420465

Median household income

$46,607$53,214

Median home value

$65,000$83,000

Median gross rent

$831$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poulan	Sumner
Under 5	2.1%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.7%	8.4%
75 and over	8.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poulan	Sumner
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	57.2%
Black or African American	14.6%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poulan	Sumner
No high school diploma	13.9%	26.3%
High school graduate	40.7%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poulan	Sumner
Drove alone	68.6%	85.1%
Carpooled	19.2%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.1%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poulan	Sumner
1-unit, detached	65.3%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	45.4%

Poverty & households

	Poulan	Sumner
Poverty rate	17.3%	20.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1975	1990