Cook County vs Rabun County

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

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

Cook County has the higher population (17,363 vs 17,107 in Rabun County). Rabun County has the higher median household income ($61,466 vs $50,133 in Cook County). Rabun County has the higher median home value ($272,600 vs $123,000 in Cook County).

Population, income & housing

	Cook County	Rabun County
Population	17,363	17,107
Median age	37.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,133	$61,466
Median home value	$123,000	$272,600
Median gross rent	$901	$1,016
Housing units	7,399	12,142
Homeownership rate	64.1%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cook County	Rabun County
Population	17,177 → 17,363 (+1.1%)	16,645 → 17,107 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$41,854 → $50,133 (+19.8%)	$42,500 → $61,466 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $123,000 (+40.6%)	$174,500 → $272,600 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $901 (+22.3%)	$738 → $1,016 (+37.7%)

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

Rabun County

Population

16,64517,107

Median household income

$42,500$61,466

Median home value

$174,500$272,600

Median gross rent

$738$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cook County	Rabun County
Under 5	6.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	16.8%
75 and over	6.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cook County	Rabun County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	27.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cook County	Rabun County
No high school diploma	16.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	37.2%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cook County	Rabun County
Drove alone	81.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	14.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.4%	14.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cook County	Rabun County
1-unit, detached	61.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Cook County	Rabun County
Poverty rate	20.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1984	1987