Crisp County vs Pierce County

A side-by-side comparison of Crisp County and Pierce County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierce County has the higher population (19,996 vs 19,995 in Crisp County). Pierce County has the higher median household income ($56,691 vs $42,745 in Crisp County). Pierce County has the higher median home value ($132,100 vs $120,800 in Crisp County).

Population, income & housing

	Crisp County	Pierce County
Population	19,995	19,996
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,745	$56,691
Median home value	$120,800	$132,100
Median gross rent	$743	$794
Housing units	9,902	8,459
Homeownership rate	53.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crisp County	Pierce County
Population	22,713 → 19,995 (-12.0%)	19,250 → 19,996 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$36,042 → $42,745 (+18.6%)	$42,804 → $56,691 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $120,800 (+45.4%)	$104,400 → $132,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $743 (+14.5%)	$669 → $794 (+18.7%)

Crisp County

Population

22,71319,995

Median household income

$36,042$42,745

Median home value

$83,100$120,800

Median gross rent

$649$743

Pierce County

Population

19,25019,996

Median household income

$42,804$56,691

Median home value

$104,400$132,100

Median gross rent

$669$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crisp County	Pierce County
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.6%
75 and over	7.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crisp County	Pierce County
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	82.1%
Black or African American	45.0%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crisp County	Pierce County
No high school diploma	15.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	37.2%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crisp County	Pierce County
Drove alone	81.0%	84.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	1.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crisp County	Pierce County
1-unit, detached	63.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	30.6%

Poverty & households

	Crisp County	Pierce County
Poverty rate	24.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1983	1989