Cook County vs Long County

A side-by-side comparison of Cook County and Long County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Long County has the higher population (17,512 vs 17,363 in Cook County). Long County has the higher median household income ($64,747 vs $50,133 in Cook County). Long County has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $123,000 in Cook County).

Population, income & housing

	Cook County	Long County
Population	17,363	17,512
Median age	37.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,133	$64,747
Median home value	$123,000	$196,500
Median gross rent	$901	$931
Housing units	7,399	6,605
Homeownership rate	64.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cook County	Long County
Population	17,177 → 17,363 (+1.1%)	18,692 → 17,512 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$41,854 → $50,133 (+19.8%)	$54,605 → $64,747 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $123,000 (+40.6%)	$122,100 → $196,500 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $901 (+22.3%)	$799 → $931 (+16.5%)

Cook County

Population

17,17717,363

Median household income

$41,854$50,133

Median home value

$87,500$123,000

Median gross rent

$737$901

Long County

Population

18,69217,512

Median household income

$54,605$64,747

Median home value

$122,100$196,500

Median gross rent

$799$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cook County	Long County
Under 5	6.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.5%
75 and over	6.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cook County	Long County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	54.1%
Black or African American	27.9%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cook County	Long County
No high school diploma	16.7%	14.2%
High school graduate	37.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cook County	Long County
Drove alone	81.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	14.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.7%
Other means	1.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cook County	Long County
1-unit, detached	61.9%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Cook County	Long County
Poverty rate	20.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1984	1998