Chattooga County vs Grady County

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

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

Grady County has the higher population (26,056 vs 24,975 in Chattooga County). Grady County has the higher median household income ($54,312 vs $47,785 in Chattooga County). Grady County has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $98,700 in Chattooga County).

Population, income & housing

	Chattooga County	Grady County
Population	24,975	26,056
Median age	41.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,785	$54,312
Median home value	$98,700	$136,500
Median gross rent	$789	$789
Housing units	10,883	11,601
Homeownership rate	67.4%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattooga County	Grady County
Population	24,812 → 24,975 (+0.7%)	24,828 → 26,056 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$36,807 → $47,785 (+29.8%)	$43,531 → $54,312 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $98,700 (+36.7%)	$119,800 → $136,500 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $789 (+29.8%)	$778 → $789 (+1.4%)

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

Grady County

Population

24,82826,056

Median household income

$43,531$54,312

Median home value

$119,800$136,500

Median gross rent

$778$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattooga County	Grady County
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.4%
75 and over	7.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattooga County	Grady County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	56.4%
Black or African American	9.4%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattooga County	Grady County
No high school diploma	25.8%	19.6%
High school graduate	35.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattooga County	Grady County
Drove alone	85.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	17.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattooga County	Grady County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Chattooga County	Grady County
Poverty rate	20.1%	20.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1990