Clarke County vs Douglas County

A side-by-side comparison of Clarke County and Douglas County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglas County has the higher population (146,141 vs 129,267 in Clarke County). Douglas County has the higher median household income ($80,764 vs $52,267 in Clarke County). Clarke County has the higher median home value ($271,900 vs $262,200 in Douglas County).

Population, income & housing

	Clarke County	Douglas County
Population	129,267	146,141
Median age	29.4 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,267	$80,764
Median home value	$271,900	$262,200
Median gross rent	$1,162	$1,447
Housing units	56,913	55,208
Homeownership rate	41.2%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarke County	Douglas County
Population	126,176 → 129,267 (+2.4%)	143,316 → 146,141 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$38,623 → $52,267 (+35.3%)	$63,835 → $80,764 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$170,700 → $271,900 (+59.3%)	$161,600 → $262,200 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,162 (+35.7%)	$1,087 → $1,447 (+33.1%)

Clarke County

Population

126,176129,267

Median household income

$38,623$52,267

Median home value

$170,700$271,900

Median gross rent

$856$1,162

Douglas County

Population

143,316146,141

Median household income

$63,835$80,764

Median home value

$161,600$262,200

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarke County	Douglas County
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	25.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.6%
75 and over	4.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarke County	Douglas County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	32.8%
Black or African American	26.2%	48.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarke County	Douglas County
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	17.8%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarke County	Douglas County
Drove alone	72.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.8%
Walked	4.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarke County	Douglas County
1-unit, detached	49.1%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	11.3%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Clarke County	Douglas County
Poverty rate	25.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1987	1996