Chatham County vs Hall County

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham County and Hall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham County has the higher population (298,143 vs 208,395 in Hall County). Hall County has the higher median household income ($77,430 vs $69,575 in Chatham County). Hall County has the higher median home value ($313,600 vs $273,300 in Chatham County).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham County	Hall County
Population	298,143	208,395
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,575	$77,430
Median home value	$273,300	$313,600
Median gross rent	$1,382	$1,247
Housing units	135,983	79,233
Homeownership rate	56.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham County	Hall County
Population	288,496 → 298,143 (+3.3%)	198,667 → 208,395 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$56,842 → $69,575 (+22.4%)	$62,984 → $77,430 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$194,500 → $273,300 (+40.5%)	$201,300 → $313,600 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,382 (+27.4%)	$963 → $1,247 (+29.5%)

Chatham County

Population

288,496298,143

Median household income

$56,842$69,575

Median home value

$194,500$273,300

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,382

Hall County

Population

198,667208,395

Median household income

$62,984$77,430

Median home value

$201,300$313,600

Median gross rent

$963$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham County	Hall County
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.4%
75 and over	6.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham County	Hall County
White (non-Hispanic)	45.7%	58.9%
Black or African American	38.8%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	28.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham County	Hall County
No high school diploma	8.8%	18.7%
High school graduate	24.6%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham County	Hall County
Drove alone	73.8%	73.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.7%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham County	Hall County
1-unit, detached	61.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	7.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Chatham County	Hall County
Poverty rate	14.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1985	1995