Chattooga County vs Union County

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

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

Union County has the higher population (25,598 vs 24,975 in Chattooga County). Union County has the higher median household income ($65,697 vs $47,785 in Chattooga County). Union County has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $98,700 in Chattooga County).

Population, income & housing

	Chattooga County	Union County
Population	24,975	25,598
Median age	41.1 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,785	$65,697
Median home value	$98,700	$272,600
Median gross rent	$789	$842
Housing units	10,883	14,952
Homeownership rate	67.4%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chattooga County	Union County
Population	24,812 → 24,975 (+0.7%)	23,288 → 25,598 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$36,807 → $47,785 (+29.8%)	$50,021 → $65,697 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $98,700 (+36.7%)	$196,500 → $272,600 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $789 (+29.8%)	$780 → $842 (+7.9%)

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

Union County

Population

23,28825,598

Median household income

$50,021$65,697

Median home value

$196,500$272,600

Median gross rent

$780$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chattooga County	Union County
Under 5	5.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	20.3%
75 and over	7.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chattooga County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chattooga County	Union County
No high school diploma	25.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chattooga County	Union County
Drove alone	85.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	9.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chattooga County	Union County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Chattooga County	Union County
Poverty rate	20.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1977	1994