Crawford County vs Towns County

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

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

Towns County has the higher population (12,739 vs 12,183 in Crawford County). Crawford County has the higher median household income ($60,905 vs $58,400 in Towns County). Towns County has the higher median home value ($311,900 vs $144,800 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Towns County
Population	12,183	12,739
Median age	46.0 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,905	$58,400
Median home value	$144,800	$311,900
Median gross rent	$751	$822
Housing units	5,215	8,719
Homeownership rate	84.5%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Towns County
Population	12,325 → 12,183 (-1.2%)	11,617 → 12,739 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$46,283 → $60,905 (+31.6%)	$48,219 → $58,400 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$93,400 → $144,800 (+55.0%)	$230,500 → $311,900 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $751 (+5.9%)	$717 → $822 (+14.6%)

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

Towns County

Population

11,61712,739

Median household income

$48,219$58,400

Median home value

$230,500$311,900

Median gross rent

$717$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Towns County
Under 5	4.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	9.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	20.4%
75 and over	7.3%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Towns County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	21.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Towns County
No high school diploma	16.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	44.4%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Towns County
Drove alone	81.8%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Towns County
1-unit, detached	53.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	39.6%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Towns County
Poverty rate	13.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1992	1994