Coffee County vs Murray County

A side-by-side comparison of Coffee County and Murray County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coffee County has the higher population (43,161 vs 40,282 in Murray County). Murray County has the higher median household income ($67,880 vs $50,175 in Coffee County). Murray County has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $125,700 in Coffee County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee County	Murray County
Population	43,161	40,282
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,175	$67,880
Median home value	$125,700	$173,300
Median gross rent	$713	$828
Housing units	17,426	16,163
Homeownership rate	63.1%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee County	Murray County
Population	43,021 → 43,161 (+0.3%)	39,724 → 40,282 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$40,859 → $50,175 (+22.8%)	$48,033 → $67,880 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $125,700 (+25.0%)	$108,300 → $173,300 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $713 (+14.4%)	$688 → $828 (+20.3%)

Coffee County

Population

43,02143,161

Median household income

$40,859$50,175

Median home value

$100,600$125,700

Median gross rent

$623$713

Murray County

Population

39,72440,282

Median household income

$48,033$67,880

Median home value

$108,300$173,300

Median gross rent

$688$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee County	Murray County
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.2%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee County	Murray County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	28.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee County	Murray County
No high school diploma	20.4%	21.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee County	Murray County
Drove alone	82.7%	85.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.7%
Other means	3.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee County	Murray County
1-unit, detached	58.5%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Coffee County	Murray County
Poverty rate	19.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1988	1993