Brooks County vs Rabun County

A side-by-side comparison of Brooks County and Rabun County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rabun County has the higher population (17,107 vs 16,285 in Brooks County). Rabun County has the higher median household income ($61,466 vs $47,656 in Brooks County). Rabun County has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $118,100 in Brooks County).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks County	Rabun County
Population	16,285	17,107
Median age	43.0 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,656	$61,466
Median home value	$118,100	$272,600
Median gross rent	$752	$1,016
Housing units	7,342	12,142
Homeownership rate	70.4%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks County	Rabun County
Population	15,590 → 16,285 (+4.5%)	16,645 → 17,107 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$38,285 → $47,656 (+24.5%)	$42,500 → $61,466 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $118,100 (+9.6%)	$174,500 → $272,600 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $752 (+9.8%)	$738 → $1,016 (+37.7%)

Brooks County

Population

15,59016,285

Median household income

$38,285$47,656

Median home value

$107,800$118,100

Median gross rent

$685$752

Rabun County

Population

16,64517,107

Median household income

$42,500$61,466

Median home value

$174,500$272,600

Median gross rent

$738$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks County	Rabun County
Under 5	5.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.8%
75 and over	8.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks County	Rabun County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	87.2%
Black or African American	34.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks County	Rabun County
No high school diploma	17.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	38.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks County	Rabun County
Drove alone	84.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	14.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks County	Rabun County
1-unit, detached	60.7%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Brooks County	Rabun County
Poverty rate	25.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1985	1987