Charlton County vs Towns County

A side-by-side comparison of Charlton County and Towns County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Towns County has the higher population (12,739 vs 12,711 in Charlton County). Towns County has the higher median household income ($58,400 vs $48,534 in Charlton County). Towns County has the higher median home value ($311,900 vs $119,000 in Charlton County).

Population, income & housing

	Charlton County	Towns County
Population	12,711	12,739
Median age	38.0 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,534	$58,400
Median home value	$119,000	$311,900
Median gross rent	$895	$822
Housing units	4,708	8,719
Homeownership rate	78.1%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlton County	Towns County
Population	13,040 → 12,711 (-2.5%)	11,617 → 12,739 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$41,961 → $48,534 (+15.7%)	$48,219 → $58,400 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $119,000 (+42.9%)	$230,500 → $311,900 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $895 (+60.7%)	$717 → $822 (+14.6%)

Charlton County

Population

13,04012,711

Median household income

$41,961$48,534

Median home value

$83,300$119,000

Median gross rent

$557$895

Towns County

Population

11,61712,739

Median household income

$48,219$58,400

Median home value

$230,500$311,900

Median gross rent

$717$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlton County	Towns County
Under 5	3.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	9.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	20.4%
75 and over	6.1%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlton County	Towns County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	24.9%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlton County	Towns County
No high school diploma	14.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	43.7%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlton County	Towns County
Drove alone	94.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.0%	10.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlton County	Towns County
1-unit, detached	57.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	37.7%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Charlton County	Towns County
Poverty rate	22.5%	12.9%
Average household size	2.94	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1986	1994