Coffee County vs Tift County

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

Coffee County and Tift 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 41,322 in Tift County). Tift County has the higher median household income ($53,165 vs $50,175 in Coffee County). Tift County has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $125,700 in Coffee County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee County	Tift County
Population	43,161	41,322
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,175	$53,165
Median home value	$125,700	$143,100
Median gross rent	$713	$799
Housing units	17,426	17,564
Homeownership rate	63.1%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee County	Tift County
Population	43,021 → 43,161 (+0.3%)	40,541 → 41,322 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$40,859 → $50,175 (+22.8%)	$45,639 → $53,165 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $125,700 (+25.0%)	$118,100 → $143,100 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $713 (+14.4%)	$689 → $799 (+16.0%)

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

Tift County

Population

40,54141,322

Median household income

$45,639$53,165

Median home value

$118,100$143,100

Median gross rent

$689$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee County	Tift County
Under 5	6.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.3%
75 and over	5.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee County	Tift County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	53.5%
Black or African American	28.0%	28.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee County	Tift County
No high school diploma	20.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee County	Tift County
Drove alone	82.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.6%
Other means	3.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee County	Tift County
1-unit, detached	58.5%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Coffee County	Tift County
Poverty rate	19.8%	20.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1988	1985