Chattooga County vs Fannin County

A side-by-side comparison of Chattooga County and Fannin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fannin County has the higher population (25,605 vs 24,975 in Chattooga County). Fannin County has the higher median household income ($58,073 vs $47,785 in Chattooga County). Fannin County has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $98,700 in Chattooga County).

Population, income & housing

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
Population	24,975	25,605
Median age	41.1 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,785	$58,073
Median home value	$98,700	$274,600
Median gross rent	$789	$876
Housing units	10,883	18,128
Homeownership rate	67.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
Population	24,812 → 24,975 (+0.7%)	25,395 → 25,605 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$36,807 → $47,785 (+29.8%)	$47,997 → $58,073 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $98,700 (+36.7%)	$197,800 → $274,600 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $789 (+29.8%)	$794 → $876 (+10.3%)

Chattooga County

Population

24,81224,975

Median household income

$36,807$47,785

Median home value

$72,200$98,700

Median gross rent

$608$789

Fannin County

Population

25,39525,605

Median household income

$47,997$58,073

Median home value

$197,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$794$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
Under 5	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	18.4%
75 and over	7.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	92.0%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
No high school diploma	25.8%	11.7%
High school graduate	35.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
Drove alone	85.3%	71.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Chattooga County	Fannin County
Poverty rate	20.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1977	1994