Crawford County vs Heard County

A side-by-side comparison of Crawford County and Heard County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crawford County has the higher population (12,183 vs 11,616 in Heard County). Heard County has the higher median household income ($62,907 vs $60,905 in Crawford County). Heard County has the higher median home value ($161,000 vs $144,800 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Heard County
Population	12,183	11,616
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,905	$62,907
Median home value	$144,800	$161,000
Median gross rent	$751	$855
Housing units	5,215	4,797
Homeownership rate	84.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Heard County
Population	12,325 → 12,183 (-1.2%)	11,736 → 11,616 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$46,283 → $60,905 (+31.6%)	$51,358 → $62,907 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$93,400 → $144,800 (+55.0%)	$109,000 → $161,000 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $751 (+5.9%)	$630 → $855 (+35.7%)

Crawford County

Population

12,32512,183

Median household income

$46,283$60,905

Median home value

$93,400$144,800

Median gross rent

$709$751

Heard County

Population

11,73611,616

Median household income

$51,358$62,907

Median home value

$109,000$161,000

Median gross rent

$630$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Heard County
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.3%
75 and over	7.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Heard County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	21.5%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Heard County
No high school diploma	16.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Heard County
Drove alone	81.8%	83.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	3.9%
Other means	2.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Heard County
1-unit, detached	53.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	39.6%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Heard County
Poverty rate	13.3%	18.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1992	1984