Clay County vs Echols County

A side-by-side comparison of Clay County and Echols County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Echols County has the higher population (3,705 vs 2,853 in Clay County). Echols County has the higher median household income ($61,723 vs $48,715 in Clay County). Echols County has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $92,500 in Clay County).

Population, income & housing

	Clay County	Echols County
Population	2,853	3,705
Median age	46.1 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,715	$61,723
Median home value	$92,500	$112,600
Median gross rent	$578	$833
Housing units	1,936	1,474
Homeownership rate	76.9%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clay County	Echols County
Population	2,951 → 2,853 (-3.3%)	3,981 → 3,705 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$22,325 → $48,715 (+118.2%)	$39,494 → $61,723 (+56.3%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $92,500 (+29.6%)	$59,100 → $112,600 (+90.5%)
Median gross rent	$340 → $578 (+70.0%)	$669 → $833 (+24.5%)

Clay County

Population

2,9512,853

Median household income

$22,325$48,715

Median home value

$71,400$92,500

Median gross rent

$340$578

Echols County

Population

3,9813,705

Median household income

$39,494$61,723

Median home value

$59,100$112,600

Median gross rent

$669$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clay County	Echols County
Under 5	4.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	7.9%
75 and over	15.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clay County	Echols County
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	57.6%
Black or African American	59.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	27.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clay County	Echols County
No high school diploma	14.6%	18.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clay County	Echols County
Drove alone	77.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	16.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clay County	Echols County
1-unit, detached	56.2%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	47.5%

Poverty & households

	Clay County	Echols County
Poverty rate	23.0%	12.4%
Average household size	2.37	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1986	1990