Appling County vs Lamar County

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

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

Lamar County has the higher population (19,098 vs 18,426 in Appling County). Lamar County has the higher median household income ($68,457 vs $43,728 in Appling County). Lamar County has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $81,400 in Appling County).

Population, income & housing

	Appling County	Lamar County
Population	18,426	19,098
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,728	$68,457
Median home value	$81,400	$201,400
Median gross rent	$711	$913
Housing units	8,526	7,738
Homeownership rate	71.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appling County	Lamar County
Population	18,440 → 18,426 (-0.1%)	18,672 → 19,098 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$40,304 → $43,728 (+8.5%)	$44,846 → $68,457 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $81,400 (+1.5%)	$145,600 → $201,400 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $711 (+27.0%)	$706 → $913 (+29.3%)

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

Lamar County

Population

18,67219,098

Median household income

$44,846$68,457

Median home value

$145,600$201,400

Median gross rent

$706$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appling County	Lamar County
Under 5	6.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.6%
75 and over	7.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appling County	Lamar County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	66.2%
Black or African American	17.7%	28.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appling County	Lamar County
No high school diploma	19.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	41.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appling County	Lamar County
Drove alone	78.6%	85.0%
Carpooled	14.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appling County	Lamar County
1-unit, detached	57.5%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	34.6%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Appling County	Lamar County
Poverty rate	23.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1984	1987