Appling County vs Brantley County

A side-by-side comparison of Appling County and Brantley County: population, income, housing, and more.

Appling County and Brantley County are counties in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Appling County has the higher population (18,426 vs 18,171 in Brantley County). Brantley County has the higher median household income ($47,801 vs $43,728 in Appling County). Brantley County has the higher median home value ($91,800 vs $81,400 in Appling County).

Population, income & housing

	Appling County	Brantley County
Population	18,426	18,171
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,728	$47,801
Median home value	$81,400	$91,800
Median gross rent	$711	$714
Housing units	8,526	8,237
Homeownership rate	71.8%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appling County	Brantley County
Population	18,440 → 18,426 (-0.1%)	18,756 → 18,171 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$40,304 → $43,728 (+8.5%)	$38,857 → $47,801 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $81,400 (+1.5%)	$72,300 → $91,800 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $711 (+27.0%)	$622 → $714 (+14.8%)

Appling County

Population

18,44018,426

Median household income

$40,304$43,728

Median home value

$80,200$81,400

Median gross rent

$560$711

Brantley County

Population

18,75618,171

Median household income

$38,857$47,801

Median home value

$72,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$622$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appling County	Brantley County
Under 5	6.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.3%
75 and over	7.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appling County	Brantley County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	91.3%
Black or African American	17.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appling County	Brantley County
No high school diploma	19.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	41.1%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appling County	Brantley County
Drove alone	78.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appling County	Brantley County
1-unit, detached	57.5%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.6%	52.5%

Poverty & households

	Appling County	Brantley County
Poverty rate	23.8%	16.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1984	1993