Banks County vs Pike County

A side-by-side comparison of Banks County and Pike County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pike County has the higher population (19,540 vs 18,757 in Banks County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($84,184 vs $68,830 in Banks County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($265,700 vs $251,700 in Banks County).

Population, income & housing

	Banks County	Pike County
Population	18,757	19,540
Median age	42.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,830	$84,184
Median home value	$251,700	$265,700
Median gross rent	$788	$1,056
Housing units	7,373	7,262
Homeownership rate	76.7%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banks County	Pike County
Population	18,708 → 18,757 (+0.3%)	18,327 → 19,540 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$47,811 → $68,830 (+44.0%)	$64,878 → $84,184 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $251,700 (+66.6%)	$173,000 → $265,700 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $788 (+7.8%)	$828 → $1,056 (+27.5%)

Banks County

Population

18,70818,757

Median household income

$47,811$68,830

Median home value

$151,100$251,700

Median gross rent

$731$788

Pike County

Population

18,32719,540

Median household income

$64,878$84,184

Median home value

$173,000$265,700

Median gross rent

$828$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banks County	Pike County
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.4%
75 and over	6.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banks County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banks County	Pike County
No high school diploma	17.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banks County	Pike County
Drove alone	83.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banks County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Banks County	Pike County
Poverty rate	12.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1992	1993