Berrien County vs Long County

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

Berrien 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.

Berrien County has the higher population (18,257 vs 17,512 in Long County). Long County has the higher median household income ($64,747 vs $50,414 in Berrien County). Long County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $115,200 in Berrien County).

Population, income & housing

	Berrien County	Long County
Population	18,257	17,512
Median age	39.8 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,414	$64,747
Median home value	$115,200	$196,500
Median gross rent	$771	$931
Housing units	8,065	6,605
Homeownership rate	69.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berrien County	Long County
Population	19,152 → 18,257 (-4.7%)	18,692 → 17,512 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$40,415 → $50,414 (+24.7%)	$54,605 → $64,747 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $115,200 (+30.9%)	$122,100 → $196,500 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $771 (+18.1%)	$799 → $931 (+16.5%)

Berrien County

Population

19,15218,257

Median household income

$40,415$50,414

Median home value

$88,000$115,200

Median gross rent

$653$771

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)

	Berrien County	Long County
Under 5	6.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.5%
75 and over	7.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berrien County	Long County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	54.1%
Black or African American	10.6%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berrien County	Long County
No high school diploma	17.2%	14.2%
High school graduate	37.9%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berrien County	Long County
Drove alone	82.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	3.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berrien County	Long County
1-unit, detached	60.1%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Berrien County	Long County
Poverty rate	22.1%	16.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1989	1998