Burke County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Burke County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union County has the higher population (25,598 vs 24,427 in Burke County). Union County has the higher median household income ($65,697 vs $50,739 in Burke County). Union County has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $107,800 in Burke County).

Population, income & housing

	Burke County	Union County
Population	24,427	25,598
Median age	38.4 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,739	$65,697
Median home value	$107,800	$272,600
Median gross rent	$763	$842
Housing units	11,201	14,952
Homeownership rate	72.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke County	Union County
Population	22,520 → 24,427 (+8.5%)	23,288 → 25,598 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$44,151 → $50,739 (+14.9%)	$50,021 → $65,697 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $107,800 (+21.5%)	$196,500 → $272,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $763 (+23.9%)	$780 → $842 (+7.9%)

Burke County

Population

22,52024,427

Median household income

$44,151$50,739

Median home value

$88,700$107,800

Median gross rent

$616$763

Union County

Population

23,28825,598

Median household income

$50,021$65,697

Median home value

$196,500$272,600

Median gross rent

$780$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke County	Union County
Under 5	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	20.3%
75 and over	6.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	48.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	45.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke County	Union County
No high school diploma	15.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	37.5%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke County	Union County
Drove alone	77.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	9.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke County	Union County
1-unit, detached	56.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	34.4%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Burke County	Union County
Poverty rate	19.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1984	1994