Coffee County vs Thomas County

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

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

Thomas County has the higher population (45,696 vs 43,161 in Coffee County). Thomas County has the higher median household income ($60,140 vs $50,175 in Coffee County). Thomas County has the higher median home value ($185,300 vs $125,700 in Coffee County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee County	Thomas County
Population	43,161	45,696
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,175	$60,140
Median home value	$125,700	$185,300
Median gross rent	$713	$996
Housing units	17,426	20,957
Homeownership rate	63.1%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee County	Thomas County
Population	43,021 → 43,161 (+0.3%)	44,630 → 45,696 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$40,859 → $50,175 (+22.8%)	$43,740 → $60,140 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $125,700 (+25.0%)	$146,800 → $185,300 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $713 (+14.4%)	$861 → $996 (+15.7%)

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

Thomas County

Population

44,63045,696

Median household income

$43,740$60,140

Median home value

$146,800$185,300

Median gross rent

$861$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee County	Thomas County
Under 5	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee County	Thomas County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	57.2%
Black or African American	28.0%	35.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee County	Thomas County
No high school diploma	20.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	39.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee County	Thomas County
Drove alone	82.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.7%
Other means	3.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee County	Thomas County
1-unit, detached	58.5%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Coffee County	Thomas County
Poverty rate	19.8%	17.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1988	1986