Bacon County vs McIntosh County

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

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

McIntosh County has the higher population (11,187 vs 11,129 in Bacon County). McIntosh County has the higher median household income ($50,348 vs $50,310 in Bacon County). McIntosh County has the higher median home value ($173,900 vs $104,100 in Bacon County).

Population, income & housing

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
Population	11,129	11,187
Median age	39.0 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,310	$50,348
Median home value	$104,100	$173,900
Median gross rent	$789	$781
Housing units	4,830	6,796
Homeownership rate	73.9%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
Population	11,201 → 11,129 (-0.6%)	14,174 → 11,187 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$37,519 → $50,310 (+34.1%)	$49,504 → $50,348 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $104,100 (+28.4%)	$128,000 → $173,900 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $789 (+50.0%)	$813 → $781 (-3.9%)

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

McIntosh County

Population

14,17411,187

Median household income

$49,504$50,348

Median home value

$128,000$173,900

Median gross rent

$813$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
Under 5	4.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	18.5%
75 and over	6.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	62.8%
Black or African American	15.0%	29.7%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
No high school diploma	15.4%	18.4%
High school graduate	41.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
Drove alone	85.8%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	13.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
1-unit, detached	63.7%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	32.7%	38.9%

Poverty & households

	Bacon County	McIntosh County
Poverty rate	20.9%	22.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1984	1997