Bacon County vs Early County

A side-by-side comparison of Bacon County and Early County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bacon County has the higher population (11,129 vs 10,683 in Early County). Early County has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $50,310 in Bacon County). Early County has the higher median home value ($130,100 vs $104,100 in Bacon County).

Population, income & housing

	Bacon County	Early County
Population	11,129	10,683
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,310	$53,750
Median home value	$104,100	$130,100
Median gross rent	$789	$774
Housing units	4,830	4,933
Homeownership rate	73.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacon County	Early County
Population	11,201 → 11,129 (-0.6%)	10,312 → 10,683 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$37,519 → $50,310 (+34.1%)	$30,640 → $53,750 (+75.4%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $104,100 (+28.4%)	$86,900 → $130,100 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $789 (+50.0%)	$709 → $774 (+9.2%)

Bacon County

Population

11,20111,129

Median household income

$37,519$50,310

Median home value

$81,100$104,100

Median gross rent

$526$789

Early County

Population

10,31210,683

Median household income

$30,640$53,750

Median home value

$86,900$130,100

Median gross rent

$709$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacon County	Early County
Under 5	4.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.0%
75 and over	6.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacon County	Early County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	43.3%
Black or African American	15.0%	51.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacon County	Early County
No high school diploma	15.4%	19.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacon County	Early County
Drove alone	85.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacon County	Early County
1-unit, detached	63.7%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	32.7%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Bacon County	Early County
Poverty rate	20.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1984	1984