Colquitt County vs Laurens County

A side-by-side comparison of Colquitt County and Laurens County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurens County has the higher population (49,619 vs 45,907 in Colquitt County). Laurens County has the higher median household income ($49,705 vs $49,691 in Colquitt County). Laurens County has the higher median home value ($137,400 vs $121,400 in Colquitt County).

Population, income & housing

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
Population	45,907	49,619
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,691	$49,705
Median home value	$121,400	$137,400
Median gross rent	$779	$769
Housing units	19,288	22,008
Homeownership rate	63.4%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
Population	45,486 → 45,907 (+0.9%)	47,405 → 49,619 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$36,435 → $49,691 (+36.4%)	$39,120 → $49,705 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $121,400 (+41.8%)	$94,600 → $137,400 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $779 (+20.4%)	$615 → $769 (+25.0%)

Colquitt County

Population

45,48645,907

Median household income

$36,435$49,691

Median home value

$85,600$121,400

Median gross rent

$647$779

Laurens County

Population

47,40549,619

Median household income

$39,120$49,705

Median home value

$94,600$137,400

Median gross rent

$615$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
Under 5	6.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.5%
75 and over	6.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	56.5%
Black or African American	22.8%	37.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
No high school diploma	20.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
Drove alone	78.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.7%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
1-unit, detached	59.2%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Colquitt County	Laurens County
Poverty rate	23.9%	22.4%
Average household size	2.67	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1987	1988