Dade County vs Jasper County

A side-by-side comparison of Dade County and Jasper County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dade County has the higher population (16,196 vs 15,345 in Jasper County). Jasper County has the higher median household income ($59,574 vs $58,936 in Dade County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($219,700 vs $166,600 in Dade County).

Population, income & housing

	Dade County	Jasper County
Population	16,196	15,345
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,936	$59,574
Median home value	$166,600	$219,700
Median gross rent	$843	$983
Housing units	7,413	6,452
Homeownership rate	77.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dade County	Jasper County
Population	16,197 → 16,196 (-0.0%)	13,916 → 15,345 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$42,581 → $58,936 (+38.4%)	$51,250 → $59,574 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $166,600 (+34.9%)	$139,400 → $219,700 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $843 (+16.4%)	$848 → $983 (+15.9%)

Dade County

Population

16,19716,196

Median household income

$42,581$58,936

Median home value

$123,500$166,600

Median gross rent

$724$843

Jasper County

Population

13,91615,345

Median household income

$51,250$59,574

Median home value

$139,400$219,700

Median gross rent

$848$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dade County	Jasper County
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.5%
75 and over	7.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dade County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	74.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dade County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	11.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dade County	Jasper County
Drove alone	76.5%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	6.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dade County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Dade County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1988	1990