Appling County vs Long County

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

Appling County and Long 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 17,512 in Long County). Long County has the higher median household income ($64,747 vs $43,728 in Appling County). Long County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $81,400 in Appling County).

Population, income & housing

	Appling County	Long County
Population	18,426	17,512
Median age	39.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,728	$64,747
Median home value	$81,400	$196,500
Median gross rent	$711	$931
Housing units	8,526	6,605
Homeownership rate	71.8%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appling County	Long County
Population	18,440 → 18,426 (-0.1%)	18,692 → 17,512 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$40,304 → $43,728 (+8.5%)	$54,605 → $64,747 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $81,400 (+1.5%)	$122,100 → $196,500 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $711 (+27.0%)	$799 → $931 (+16.5%)

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

Long County

Population

18,69217,512

Median household income

$54,605$64,747

Median home value

$122,100$196,500

Median gross rent

$799$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appling County	Long County
Under 5	6.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.5%
75 and over	7.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appling County	Long County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	54.1%
Black or African American	17.7%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appling County	Long County
No high school diploma	19.0%	14.2%
High school graduate	41.1%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appling County	Long County
Drove alone	78.6%	77.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.7%
Other means	1.9%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appling County	Long County
1-unit, detached	57.5%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	34.6%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Appling County	Long County
Poverty rate	23.8%	16.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1984	1998