Brantley County vs Long County

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

Brantley 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.

Brantley County has the higher population (18,171 vs 17,512 in Long County). Long County has the higher median household income ($64,747 vs $47,801 in Brantley County). Long County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $91,800 in Brantley County).

Population, income & housing

	Brantley County	Long County
Population	18,171	17,512
Median age	40.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,801	$64,747
Median home value	$91,800	$196,500
Median gross rent	$714	$931
Housing units	8,237	6,605
Homeownership rate	77.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brantley County	Long County
Population	18,756 → 18,171 (-3.1%)	18,692 → 17,512 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$38,857 → $47,801 (+23.0%)	$54,605 → $64,747 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $91,800 (+27.0%)	$122,100 → $196,500 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $714 (+14.8%)	$799 → $931 (+16.5%)

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

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)

	Brantley County	Long County
Under 5	5.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.5%
75 and over	6.7%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brantley County	Long County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	54.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brantley County	Long County
No high school diploma	18.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brantley County	Long County
Drove alone	86.8%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brantley County	Long County
1-unit, detached	45.6%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	52.5%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Brantley County	Long County
Poverty rate	16.9%	16.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1993	1998