Baldwin County vs Oconee County

A side-by-side comparison of Baldwin County and Oconee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baldwin County has the higher population (43,669 vs 42,788 in Oconee County). Oconee County has the higher median household income ($115,925 vs $55,413 in Baldwin County). Oconee County has the higher median home value ($425,100 vs $164,700 in Baldwin County).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
Population	43,669	42,788
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,413	$115,925
Median home value	$164,700	$425,100
Median gross rent	$865	$1,347
Housing units	20,180	15,384
Homeownership rate	64.2%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	54.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
Population	45,111 → 43,669 (-3.2%)	38,132 → 42,788 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$43,672 → $55,413 (+26.9%)	$90,751 → $115,925 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $164,700 (+36.9%)	$286,600 → $425,100 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $865 (+23.0%)	$1,001 → $1,347 (+34.6%)

Baldwin County

Population

45,11143,669

Median household income

$43,672$55,413

Median home value

$120,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$703$865

Oconee County

Population

38,13242,788

Median household income

$90,751$115,925

Median home value

$286,600$425,100

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
Under 5	4.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	18.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	41.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
No high school diploma	14.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
Drove alone	82.3%	74.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	17.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
1-unit, detached	56.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin County	Oconee County
Poverty rate	22.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1986	1996