Catoosa County vs Effingham County

A side-by-side comparison of Catoosa County and Effingham County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Catoosa County has the higher population (68,356 vs 67,265 in Effingham County). Effingham County has the higher median household income ($85,465 vs $72,425 in Catoosa County). Effingham County has the higher median home value ($245,300 vs $214,200 in Catoosa County).

Population, income & housing

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
Population	68,356	67,265
Median age	40.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,425	$85,465
Median home value	$214,200	$245,300
Median gross rent	$953	$1,116
Housing units	28,275	25,256
Homeownership rate	75.1%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
Population	66,700 → 68,356 (+2.5%)	60,477 → 67,265 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$56,235 → $72,425 (+28.8%)	$66,822 → $85,465 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$144,300 → $214,200 (+48.4%)	$163,600 → $245,300 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $953 (+23.0%)	$1,023 → $1,116 (+9.1%)

Catoosa County

Population

66,70068,356

Median household income

$56,235$72,425

Median home value

$144,300$214,200

Median gross rent

$775$953

Effingham County

Population

60,47767,265

Median household income

$66,822$85,465

Median home value

$163,600$245,300

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
Under 5	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.9%
75 and over	7.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	74.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
Drove alone	80.5%	86.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
1-unit, detached	72.8%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Catoosa County	Effingham County
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1992	2001