Brantley County vs Cook County

A side-by-side comparison of Brantley County and Cook County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brantley County has the higher population (18,171 vs 17,363 in Cook County). Cook County has the higher median household income ($50,133 vs $47,801 in Brantley County). Cook County has the higher median home value ($123,000 vs $91,800 in Brantley County).

Population, income & housing

	Brantley County	Cook County
Population	18,171	17,363
Median age	40.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,801	$50,133
Median home value	$91,800	$123,000
Median gross rent	$714	$901
Housing units	8,237	7,399
Homeownership rate	77.3%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brantley County	Cook County
Population	18,756 → 18,171 (-3.1%)	17,177 → 17,363 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$38,857 → $47,801 (+23.0%)	$41,854 → $50,133 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $91,800 (+27.0%)	$87,500 → $123,000 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $714 (+14.8%)	$737 → $901 (+22.3%)

Brantley County

Population

18,75618,171

Median household income

$38,857$47,801

Median home value

$72,300$91,800

Median gross rent

$622$714

Cook County

Population

17,17717,363

Median household income

$41,854$50,133

Median home value

$87,500$123,000

Median gross rent

$737$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brantley County	Cook County
Under 5	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brantley County	Cook County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	61.8%
Black or African American	2.9%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brantley County	Cook County
No high school diploma	18.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	43.6%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brantley County	Cook County
Drove alone	86.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brantley County	Cook County
1-unit, detached	45.6%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	52.5%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Brantley County	Cook County
Poverty rate	16.9%	20.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1993	1984